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  • 1
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    Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press
    Language: English
    Pages: 24 cm
    DDC: 320.09
    Keywords: Political science ; Comparative government ; Regierung ; Geschichte ; Staat ; Politisches System
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  • 2
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    London [u.a.] : Routledge
    Language: English
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Critical theory ; Sociology ; Philosophy ; Political science ; Philosophy
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  • 3
    ISBN: 3608915001 , 9783608915006
    Language: German
    Pages: 23 cm
    DDC: 430
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    Keywords: Sozialgeschichte ; Geschichte ; History ; Dictionaries ; German ; Political science ; Dictionaries ; German ; Germany ; History ; Dictionaries ; German ; Wörterbuch
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  • 4
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230346468
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 273 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Political Science and International Relations ; Political science ; Culture Study and teaching ; Political economy ; Asia Politics and government ; International relations ; Globalization
    Abstract: In this book, Xiaoke Zhang addresses two fundamental political and policy questions: why do politicians have heterogeneous incentives to pursue public-regarding policies through capital market reforms and why do they differ in their abilities to initiate and implement market reform policies decisively and resolutely?
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230295131
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 296 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Political Science and International Relations ; Political science ; Finance ; Banks and banking ; Political economy ; Macroeconomics ; Economic history
    Abstract: The historical response to bank crises has always been more regulation. A pattern emerges that some may find surprising: regulation often contributes to bank instability. It suppresses competition and effective response to market changes and encourages bankers to take on additional risk. This book offers a valuable history lesson for policy makers
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  • 6
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230307933
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 247 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: St Antony’s Series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Political Science and International Relations ; Political science ; Comparative politics ; European Union ; United States Politics and government ; International relations ; International economics
    Abstract: The first systematic analysis of why Britain and France parted company on the issue of European monetary integration. Ikemoto reveals that Britain was much keener to participate in the early stages of monetary integration than previously thought; Britain and France pursued broadly similar policies on the issue until the end of the 1970s
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789048198405
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 374p, digital)
    Series Statement: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 7
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    Series Statement: Humanities, Social Science and Law
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Confronting Genocide
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Comparative law ; Criminology ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Völkermord ; Prävention
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  • 8
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789400701564
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 320p, digital)
    Series Statement: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 8
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
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    Keywords: Comparative law ; Public law ; Constitutional law ; Political science ; Law ; Civil rights--European Union countries. ; Europäische Union Charta der Grundrechte
    Abstract: The first part of the book reviews the multi-level system of protection currently operating in Europe and its constitutional implications. The Charter is analysed from a legal, political and practical standpoint. The activity of the European Parliament as a fundamental rights actor will also be examined, as well as the right to a fair trial and to effective judicial protection before and by the EU Courts. The second part of the volume addresses the impact of a binding Charter on specific areas of EU Law. The order in which the contributions have been set out reflects the structure of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union: free circulation of persons, the internal market, the area of freedom security and justice (civil and criminal aspects), social rights protection, environmental policy, enlargement, international trade and the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
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  • 9
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9781402091605
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1200p. eReference. In 2 volumes, not available separately, digital)
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    Series Statement: Humanities, Social Science and Law
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Encyclopedia of global justice
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Encyclopedia of global justice
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy ; Philosophy of law ; Political science Philosophy ; Law—Philosophy. ; Development economics ; Development Economics ; Political science ; Political science Philosophy ; Ethics ; Law ; Weltordnung ; Gerechtigkeit ; Globalisierung ; Politische Ethik
    Abstract: This two-volume Encyclopedia of Global Justice, published by Springer, along with Springer's book series, Studies in Global Justice, is a major publication venture toward a comprehensive coverage of this timely topic. The Encyclopedia is an international, interdisciplinary, and collaborative project, spanning all the relevant areas of scholarship related to issues of global justice, and edited and advised by leading scholars from around the world. The wide-ranging entries present the latest ideas on this complex subject by authors who are at the cutting edge of inquiry. The Encyclopedia sets the tone and direction of this increasingly important area of scholarship for years to come. The entries number around 500 and consist of essays of 300 to 5000 words. The inclusion and length of entries are based on their significance to the topic of global justice, regardless of their importance in other areas
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9780230119659
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 245 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Political Science and International Relations ; Political science ; Ethnology Latin America ; Tax accounting ; Tax laws ; Political economy ; International relations ; Economic policy
    Abstract: This book seeks to expand analytically on standard institutionalist accounts of taxation by bringing into the explanatory framework the importance of institutional strength (not just design) as well as informal institutions (in addition to formal ones) for policy reform
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  • 11
    ISBN: 9780230119819
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (302 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Political Science and International Relations ; Political science ; European Union ; International relations ; International organization ; Globalization ; Environmental policy
    Abstract: Since the mid-2000s, the European Union has made unprecedented strides toward the creation of a common energy policy. This book takes stock of these developments, evaluating how much progress has actually been made and what remains to be done, what factors explain these recent advances and their limitations
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  • 12
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    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230119857
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (226 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Political Science and International Relations ; Political science ; Public policy ; Regional planning ; Urban planning ; Public administration
    Abstract: Arguing that our laws are skewed to benefit entrenched homeowners, at the expense of newcomers and lower-income households, this book advocates both for libertarian ideals and for social justice - an unusual and revealing combination
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  • 13
    ISBN: 9780230307834
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 376 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Advances in Labour Studies
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; International organization ; Labor law ; Industrial organization ; Labor economics ; Economic development
    Abstract: Regulating for Decent Work is a response to the dominant deregulatory approaches that have shaped labour market regulation in recent years. The inter-disciplinary and international approach invigorates current debates through the identification of new challenges, subjects and perspectives
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  • 14
    ISBN: 9780230119345
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 237 p. 3 illus, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Political Science and International Relations ; Political science ; China History ; Political economy ; Asia Politics and government ; International relations
    Abstract: The future success of China's rapidly growing economy remains uncertain. This book analyzes official documents, data and current writings of recognized academicians investigating China's experience with systemic restructuring
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  • 15
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    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230119604
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 258 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hanieh, Adam Capitalism and class in the Gulf Arab states
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; Middle East Politics and government ; International relations ; Globalization ; Economic policy ; Asia Economic conditions
    Abstract: This book analyzes the recent development of Gulf capitalism through to the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Situating the Gulf within the evolution of capitalism at a global scale, it presents a novel theoretical interpretation of this important region of the Middle East political economy
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230316935
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 238 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Finance ; Political economy ; International relations ; Globalization ; Politics and war ; Terrorism ; Political violence ; Terrorismus ; Finanzierung
    Abstract: Wittig presents the first unified coherent framework for the systematic analysis of terrorist finance. With empirical examples from around the globe, he dispels several popular myths about these activities to make an important step forward in our understanding of not only terrorist finance, but also the place of terrorism in the contemporary world
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  • 17
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    Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften / Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden
    ISBN: 9783531940793 , 1283356430 , 9781283356435
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (338p. 22 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
    DDC: 327.172091724
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science ; Hochschulschrift
    Abstract: Lucie Podszun
    Abstract: any developing countries find themselves in seemingly intractable internal conflicts, hindering them from moving on into a more stable, secure and wealthy environment. It seems that underdevelopment and conflict go hand in hand. Underdevelopment most often implies large streams of development aid channeled into countries at war. The work evaluates to what extent an increase in development aid affects conflict ripeness. The research shows that the effect is ambivalent: it depends on the conditions of provision whether it is positive or negative. In general, an increase in development aid decrea
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acronyms; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Research Objective; 1.2 Approach and Methodology; 1.3 Structural Overview; 2 Development Aid and Ripeness in Context; 2.1 Socio Economic and Political Relevance; 2.1.1 Prevalence of Conflict in Developing Countries; 2.1.2 Effects of Conflict on Developing Countries; 2.1.3 The Need to Focus on Conflict Resolution Methods; 2.2 Aid and Conflict in the Academic Literature; 2.2.1 Overall Academic Relevance; 2.2.2 Academic Exigency of the Research - State of the Art
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2.2.1 General Contextualization in the Field of Conflict Management2.2.2.2 The Art of Conflict Resolution; 2.2.2.3 The Timing of Peace Efforts; 2.2.2.4 The Effect and Role of Development Aid in Conflicts; 2.2.2.5 The Intersection of Aid and Conflict Resolution Efforts; 2.3 Terminology and Definitions; 2.3.1 Conflict; 2.3.1.1 Type of Conflict; 2.3.1.2 Belligerents to Civil War; 2.3.1.3 Conflict Life-Cycle; 2.3.1.4 Mediation; 2.3.1.5 Third Party/Mediator; 2.3.1.6 Peace; 2.3.2 Development Aid; 2.3.2.1 Donors; 2.3.2.2 Increase in Development Aid; 2.3.2.3 Neutrality and Impartiality
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3.2.4 Unintentional Consequences3 The Theory of Ripeness; 3.1 Outline of the Theory of Ripeness; 3.1.1 First Level Variables; 3.1.1.1 Mutually Hurting Stalemate; 3.1.1.2 Sense of a Way Out; 3.1.2 Second Level Variables; 3.1.2.1 Objective Elements; 3.1.2.2 Persuasion; 3.1.3 Mutually Enticing Opportunities; 3.1.4 Ripeness; 3.2 Wrong Timing; 3.3 Academic Challenges to the Theory of Ripeness; 3.3.1 Third Party Involvement; 3.3.2 Four Essentials for Ripeness; 3.3.3 Dependence on High Levels of Violence; 3.4 The Theory of Ripeness Revisited; 3.4.1 Independent Variables
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4.1.1 Manipulable Variables3.4.1.2 Non-Manipulable Variables; 3.4.1.3 Summary; 3.4.2 The Extended Theory of Ripeness; 3.5 Hypotheses; 4 Approach to the Case Studies; 4.1 Objective, Design and Structure of the Case Studies; 4.2 Variables to be Analyzed; 4.2.1 Definition of Dependent Variable; 4.2.2 Definition of Independent Variables; 4.3 Case-Guiding Research Questions; 4.4 Choice of Cases; 4.4.1 Criteria for Relevance; 4.4.2 Universe of Cases; 4.4.3 Final Choice of Cases; 5 Evidence from the Case Studies; 5.1 Uganda; 5.1.1 Background; 5.1.1.1 History and Causes; 5.1.1.2 Key Actors
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.1.2 Uganda Analysis5.1.2.1 Conflict Ripeness; 5.1.2.2 Increase in Development Aid; 5.1.2.3 Effect of Increase in Development Aid on Ripeness; 5.1.2.4 Conclusion; 5.2 Burundi; 5.2.1 Background; 5.2.1.1 History and Causes; 5.2.1.2 Key Actors; 5.2.2 Burundi Analysis; 5.2.2.1 Conflict Ripeness; 5.2.2.2 Increase in Development Aid; 5.2.2.3 Effect of Increase in Development Aid on Ripeness; 5.2.2.4 Conclusion; 5.3 Cambodia; 5.3.1 Background; 5.3.1.1 History and Causes; 5.3.1.2 Key Actors; 5.3.2 Cambodia Analysis; 5.3.2.1 Conflict Ripeness; 5.3.2.2 Increase in Development Aid
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.3.2.3 Effect of Increase in Development Aid on Ripeness
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    New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
    ISBN: 9781441980687
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 243 p. 4 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Studies of Organized Crime 10
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Schatz, Sara, 1963 - Murder and Politics in Mexico
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Mexiko Politische Partei ; Partido de la Revolución Democratica (México) ; Politisch motivierte Gewaltanwendung ; Mord ; Politische Verfolgung ; Straflosigkeit ; Politisches System ; Rechtsordnung ; Kriminalität ; Strafverfolgung ; Unterdrückung/Repressalien ; Korruption ; Guerrero ; Mexiko ; Partido de la Revolución Democrática ; Politischer Mord ; Geschichte 1988-2010
    Abstract: Murder and Politics in Mexico studies the causes of political killings in Mexico s liberalization-democratization within the larger context of political repression. Mexico s democratization process has entailed a little known but highly significant cost of human lives in pre- and post-election violence. The majority of these crimes remain in a state of impunity: in other words, no person had been charged with the crime and/or no investigation of it had occurred. Over 70% of the political murders of Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) members in the 1990s remain unsolved. This has several consequences for Mexican politics: when the level of violence is extreme and when political killings that are systematic and invasive are involved, this could indicate a real fracture in the democratic system. This book analyzes several dimensions regarding impunity and political crime, more specifically, the political killings of members of the PRD in the post-1988 period in Mexico. The main argument proposed in this book is that impunity for political killings is a structured system requiring one central precondition, namely the failure of the legal system to function as a system of restraint for killings. This structured system of impunity for political killing in general consists of political and institutional elements (law enforcement agencies, lawyers, public prosecutors, politicians). Dr Schatz s research finds that political assassinations are indeed rational, targeted actions but they do not occur within an institutional vacuum. Political assassinations are calculated strategies of action aimed at eliminating political rivals. They are caused by multiple interacting factors that involve the political, legal and criminal justice systems. As a form of interpersonal violence, political assassination involves direct or implied authorization from political leaders, the availability of assassins for hire and the willingness of some political leaders to utilize them against political opponents, and violent interactions between political parties combined with judicial system ineffectiveness. A corrupt legal system facilitates the use of political assassination and explains the persistence of impunity for political murder over time. To reduce political violence in the transition to electoral democracy, specific institutional conditions, namely a structured system of impunity for murder must be overcome.
    Description / Table of Contents: Murder and Politics in Mexico; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Political Killings as a Specific Form of Political Repression; The Political Killing of PRD Members in Mexico; Chapter 2: Mexico's Liberalization-Democratization in Context; The Problem; Overview of the Mexican Political and Legal System; Origins; 1988-2010: A Brief Overview of the Emergence and Electoral Vicissitudes of the PRD; The 1977 Electoral Reforms; The Emergence of the FDN-PRD (1987-1988); After the 1988 Presidential Election
    Description / Table of Contents: Impunity: A Consistent Theme Across SexeniosImpunity, Crime, and Drug-Related Assassinations; Chapter 3: Theoretical Dimensions of a Structured System of Impunity for Political Killings; Democratization and Political Repression in Global Perspective; How Much Violence?; Regime Change Toward Regimes with Deficits in Accountability; The Mexican Case in Perspective; A Structured System of Impunity for Political Killings; Democratization and Political Repression; Democratization, Political Protest, and Political Repression; Accountable Legal Institutions and Democratization; Cause or Effect?
    Description / Table of Contents: Accountability and the Rule of LawImpunity; Impunity as a Structured System; Political Assassination as a Calculated Strategy Embedded in Interparty Relations; Political Party Strategies: PAN, PRD, PRI; Social Origins and Political Activism; Puebla; Social Origins; Political Activism and PRD Victims in Puebla; Political Assassination in Mexico: A Calculated Strategy; Chapter 4: Authorizing Political Killing in Mexico: The Importance of a Destructive Social Milieu; Introduction; The Mexican Dynamic of Political-Electoral Homicide; After 1988: A Difficult Time for the PRD; Methods
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: The Activation of Historical Conditions for Destructive BehaviorThe Role of Leadership Authorization; Selective Political Assassinations; Engagement in Everyday Social Activities; Rationalization for Political Assassination; Authorization for Destruction Through Independent Social Mechanisms; Part II: Political Assassination: Victims and Perpetrators in Cross-sectional Analysis; Political Assassinations as Deliberate Targeting; Cover-up/Authorization for Assassination; Who Kills? Who Gains from These Murders?
    Description / Table of Contents: Killings by Known PRI Members and Hired Guns Generally Linked to a PRI Leader(s)PRI Members; Hired Guns; Killing Federal, State, and Local PRD Politicians; The Political Murder of Perredistas by "Unknowns"18; The Killings by Police; Are There Alternative Explanations for These Murders?; Accidents or Revenge Homicides?; Police Inefficiency?; Conclusion; End Notes; Chapter 5: Disarming the Legal System: Impunity for the Political Murder of Dissidents in Mexico; Introduction; Political Killings in the Mexican Context; The Problem of Political Assassination; Crime Without Punishment
    Description / Table of Contents: The CNDH Case Reports: A Detailed Analysis
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    Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
    ISBN: 9783642194146
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 385p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Jansen, Thomas, 1939 - At Europe's service
    Keywords: Science (General) ; History ; Political science ; Popular Science ; Science (General) ; History ; Political science ; Europäische Volkspartei ; Europäische Volkspartei
    Abstract: The European People's Party, the largest political party in Europe, has roots that run deep in history. Founded in 1976 as a Christian Democratic federation, the European People's Party is now a strong centre-right movement and a leading European political family. It has member parties in almost all European countries, and it is very well represented in the institutions of the European Union. This book tells the story of the European People's Party: why it was founded, how it is currently organised and what its guiding ideas, values and principles are. It gives an up-to-date account of the party's contribution to European integration, its work with its member parties and its central role in organising the centre-right in Europe. Above all, this book is for everyone who wants to know what a European-level political party looks like, how it is structured and how it acts.
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Origins and development -- pt. 2. Party organization -- pt. 3. Party programme.
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    ISBN: 9783531930510
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (187p. 11 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science
    Abstract: Katharina Mewes, M.A. Political Science and Islamic Science, is currently a consultant for Conflict Sensitive Development in Yemen.
    Abstract: The paper introduces to the theoretical and practical dimensions of decentralization in an accessible and systematic way. On the example of the reform process for the Yemeni Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (UWSS), it links the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological aspects of decentralization to empiric problems. Against the background of the increasing water scarcity in Yemen, a reform process for the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (UWSS) was initiated in 1997. The main elements of the reforms were decentralization, corporatization, commercialization, community participation, financial sustainability, private sector integration, and separation between service delivery, executive, and regulatory functions. Since the start of the reform process UWSS services have progressively been decentralized and the over-centralized National Water and Sanitation Authority (NWSA) has been gradually replaced by a system of UWSS utilities. In 2000 the first local corporation (LC) for UWSS was established in Sanaa and, to date, fifteen LCs, seventeen LC branches, and eleven Autonomous Water Supply and Sanitation Utilities (AUWSSU) are responsible for UWSS services for 95% of the urban population. The UWSS reforms are well underway and are showing results in terms of expanded service delivery and improved performance. However, there are several issues that need to be observed in order to consolidate the on-going decentralization and to produce the targeted outcomes. Furthermore, UWSS needs to respond to high population growth and water scarcity, freshwater availability in Yemen is one of the lowest in the world. Capacity building needs to be extended and more ownership and authority should be decentralized.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgement; Abstract; Contents; Abbreviations; Tables; Figures; Introduction; 1. Theoretical and Practical Pre-Considerations; 1.1 Methodology of This Paper; 1.2 Choice of Research Areaand Timeframe; 1.3 Choice of Survey Methodology and Conducting the Survey; 1.4 DataEvaluation; 2. Decentralization Concept; 2.1 Waves of Decentralization; 2.2 Theoretical Placement 0f Decentralization; 2.3 Decentralization within the Political Debate of Development Aid; 3. Decentralization: Concepts and Definitions; 3.1 Dimensions of Decentralization; 3.2 Forms of Decentralization
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3 Sequences of Decentralization3.4 Interim Conclusion; 4. Success Criteria of Decentralization; 4.1 Central Government; 4.2 Sub-National Capacities; 4.3 Coordination between National and Sub-National Institutions; 4.4 Participation; 4.5 Accountability; 5. Decentralization in Yemen; 5.1 The Yemeni Context; 5.2. Status ojDecentralization in Yemen; 5.3 The Local Authority Law (LAL); 5.4 National Decentralization Strategy; 5.5 Finaneial Resourees of the Loeal Authorities; 6. Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (UWSS); 6.1 The Yemeni Water Sector; 6.2 UWSS in Yemen
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.3 National Water Sector Strategy andInvestment Program (NWSSIP)6.4 TheUWSS Reform Process; 7. Conclusion and Future Outlook; References; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources;
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    ISBN: 9781441978592
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    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
    DDC: 128.33
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Ethics ; Logic ; Political science Philosophy ; Political science
    Abstract: Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones. Social scientists and other thinkers struggle to explain it, but the puzzle remains-in part because they, too, disagree so much with one another. Whether the arena is politics, religion, business, scientific research, or education, individuals who operate in the same environment and experience the same conditions may have radically different interpretations of the facts and diametrically opposed convictions about how to react to them. When faced with a fundamental disagreement, we ask ourselves: Why are these folks so wrong? And how can they be so convinced that we are wrong? In this provocative monograph, Tibor Machan explores the principles of truth, reason, and ideology, with particular respect to the profound political, economic, and social crises gripping the world today. In so doing, he not only sheds light on the nature of 'truth' but also suggests a framework for embracing differences to come up with creative solutions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Why Is Everyone ElseWrong?; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Is There a Right to Be Wrong?; 3 Can One Be Innocently Wrong?; 4 Is Everyone Always Wrong?; 5 What to Do When Friends, Strangers, or Foes Are Wrong?; 6 Does Science Rule Us All?; 7 Do We Need Philosophy?; 8 Did Socrates Know Nothing?14; 9 Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author;
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    ISBN: 9781441909909
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Russland ; Organisiertes Verbrechen ; Korruption
    Abstract: "Countries undergoing major social and legal transitions typically experience a light, but relatively insignificant, increase in crime. However, in the past decade, many transitional countries in Eastern Europe, and Russia in particular, have experienced a surge in criminal activities that came about through the collaboration of diverse players such as criminals, state officials, businesspersons, and law enforcement into organized networks aimed to obtain financial and economic gains. In this process, two interdependent tendencies have become apparent: the ""economization"" of organized crime and the increased organization of economic crime itself. Both trends have led to a fundamentally new phenomenon in Russia, the Organized Corruption Network (OCN), which is a symbiosis that is a direct result of corruption, organized crime and economic crime within the Yeltsin and the Putin times. Russian Organized Corruption Networks and their International Trajectories aims to investigate the new phenomenon of OCN. This book addresses the fundamental changes that have taken place in Russia in the last five to seven years, including the increasing crime in the economy and the shift of power from organized crime/ mafia-like organizations to the Organized Corruption Networks. More specifically, the book will describe: The shift in power balance from criminal groups to groups within or partly within the state apparatus, That the main source of revenues that fuel corruption are often no longer mainly run by criminal groups but by legal businesses instead, How full state resources are used for the benefit of OCNs. The findings in this book will enable a better assessment of the scale and danger of economic crime and corruption in Russia, and the corresponding response of law enforcement agencies while also providing necessary guidelines to classify the nature, structure, scale, and method of operation of the Organized Corruption Networks."
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Modalities of Organized Crime Phenomena; Chapter 3: Roots of Russian Organized Crime; Chapter 4: Corruption in Russia: Past, Present, and Future; Chapter 5: Organized Crime, Businesses, and Local Bureaucracy; Chapter 6: Ways to Fight OCNs: Law-Enforcement Services; Chapter 7: Organized Corruption Networks; Chapter 8: The International Reach: Comparative Dimensions of Russian Organized Corrupted Networks; b978-0-387-78701_4;
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    ISBN: 9781441909756
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    DDC: 363.2320956
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Demokratie ; Polizei ; Todesschuss ; Indien ; USA
    Abstract: Extrajudicial executions have blighted parts of the world for generations, but criminological coverage has been superficial and selective, in that it has concentrated on South America giving the impression that this is a problem specific to that part of the world and associated with military rule, dictatorial regimes and colonial heritage. Permission to Shoot?: Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies brings a new dimension to the problem of police abuse of deadly force by concentrating on India and the United States, both large democracies and vibrant superpowers. In the book, the research is based on primary sources - interviews with police officers of varying ranks: those who are involved in the killings, those who facilitate such operations, and those who are mute spectators. The book deals with universal, fundamental themes such as: what makes ordinary, decent human beings do horrible things? What motivational techniques and justifications are used to override social norms governing moral conduct, centring on the sector of society mandated to use deadly force against civilians? Why in a democratic country the abuse of police powers appears to be overtly and tacitly encouraged? Permission to Shoot? seeks to provide broad guidelines and recommendations for reforms in policing policy and practice in developing countries. The research peels back the lies and deceit that surround this issue, but more than that it shows how those lies and deceit act to support the practice itself.
    Description / Table of Contents: Permission to Shoot?; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Police and the Use of Deadly Force; Chapter 2: A Tale of Three Cities; Chapter 3: Policing and Organised Crime in Mumbai; Chapter 4: Defining Encounters; Chapter 5: Are Encounters Effective? Police Role and Police Image; Chapter 6: A Culture of Complicity? Social Attitudes Towards Encounters; Chapter 7: Justifying Encounters: The Theory of Denial; Chapter 8: Explaining Encounters: What Can We Do About Them?; Chapter 9: Appendix: Methodology; Bibliography; Index;
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    Series Statement: Studies in Global Justice 8
    Parallel Title: Print version The New Faces of Victimhood
    DDC: 364
    Keywords: Law ; Law Philosophy ; Political science ; Sociology ; Law Psychological aspects
    Abstract: Globalization is changing the victimological agenda by generating new types of victims, raising awareness of global responsibilities for their protection and eroding the capacity of states to offer it. Examples are victims of transnational organised crime including human trafficking, victims of cyber crimes, terrorism and cross-border environmental crimes. The concept of human security has been introduced as an analytical tool to understand how growing international interdependencies produce a need to protect new categories of victims regardless of national borders. Whereas the concept of national security focuses at threats to the sovereignty of the national state, human security looks at threats to the sovereignty of individuals. In this context, the individual human being is not just defined in terms of vulnerabilities, but also of strengths and capabilities to act as agents of change (victim empowerment). New international arrangements to protect victims in the emerging global arena are under development. Several international treaties have been elaborated in recent years to address the new global security threats. Modern concepts about victim involvement from national criminal law have been transposed into new international criminal law. In many of the treaties, victims of crime have been given procedural rights, transposed from national criminal law (eg. the UN Convention on Transnational Organised Crime and its three protocols have incorporated several elements of the UN Victims Declaration of 1985). It remains to be seen how these individual or collective rights will work out in practice in trials against maffiatype organisations or companies engaging in corrupt practices. Developments at the global or UN level are replicated at the level of the European Union. Although the development of European criminal law is resisted by many member states, there are incremental trends nevertheless. The European Council's framework decisions on human trafficking and on victim rights and the directive on state compensation for victims of violent crime are important instances of victim protection in the framework of EU-based criminal law. The further development of such EU legislation on crime victims as well as its implementation can illustrate how state formation at the European level impacts on victim issues. A related recent trend is the growing attention for international humanitarian law and specifically for the procedural role of victims therein, eg. the inclusion of an elaborate set of victim rights in the Statute of the International Criminal Court. This set of rights stands in stark contrast to the exclusion of the victim in the Neurenberg en Tokyo trials. It can be understood as the fruit of growing awareness of the responsibility of the world community for the protection of private besides collective interests against state violence regardless of national borders. It remains to be seen how these transposed rights, such as the right of reparation, will work out in the setting of the International Criminal Court and whether they will strengthen or weaken prosecution by the new, fledging international structures. A third implication of globalisation is the emergence of arrangements for liability for environmental damage across borders. Recent attention for the responsibility of Dutch companies and authorities for environmental damage caused in Africa by cargo departing from the Amsterdam port illustrates the emerging of new types of victims in the international legal arena. Still largely unchartered territory are the victimological dimensions of cyberspace, perhaps the most radical manifestation of globalisation. The weak roles of traditional national states as well as international structures in cyberspace may explain the absence of a discourse on victim protection in this domain so far but such discourse seems long overdue. The internationalisation of criminal law is in full swing and the emergence of rights and entitlements of victims in international criminal law treaties on crime, corruption and terrorism and in supranational settings such as the International Criminal Court, merits academic reflection. Equally topical seems reflection on the role of victims in international environmental law. Finally, there is an obvious gap in victim protection in cyberspace that calls for critical exposure and debates about remedies from state-of-the-art state authorities or public- private- partnerships. The leading theme of a collection of papers from Intervict researchers will be the relationship between processes of globalisation, emerging threats to human security and the development of new national and international arrangements to protect and empower victims.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; Part I Introductions and Overviews; 1 New Faces of Victimhood: Reflections on the Unjust Sides of Globalization; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Defining Globalization; 1.3 International Criminal Law, Human Security and Global Justice; 1.4 Outline; 2 Global Governance and Global Crime Do Victims Fall in Between; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Analysis of Victims Rights Instruments; 2.2.1 General Victims' Rights Instruments; 2.2.1.1 United Nations; 2.2.1.2 Implementation; 2.2.1.3 The European Union and the Council of Europe; 2.2.1.4 Implementation
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2.1.5 Changes After the Adoption of the Lisbon Treaty2.2.2 Compensation to Crime Victims; 2.2.2.1 Implementation; 2.2.3 Specific Instruments: Victims of International Crimes; 2.2.4 Victims at the International Criminal Court; 2.2.5 Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings and Other Forms of Organized Crime; 2.2.6 Victims of Terrorism; 2.2.6.1 Implementation; 2.3 From Multi-Level Governance to Multi-Level Implementation; 2.4 Concluding Observations; 3 Human Security and the Emergence of a Global Conscience; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A New Cosmopolitanism; 3.3 Global Fear and Concern for the Self
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4 Global Empathy and the Concern for the Other3.5 Human Development; 3.6 Human Security; 3.7 Human Security and Cosmopolitanism; 3.8 Differenzierungsverlust; 3.9 The Importance of an Index; 3.10 Back to New Cosmopolitanism; 3.10.1 Development and Security Are Coming Together; 3.10.2 The North-South Divide Is Challenged; 3.11 New Challenges; 3.12 In Conclusion; Part II Victims of Transnational Crimes; 4 Trafficking for Sexual Purposes as a Globalized Shadow Economy: Human Security as the Tool to Facilitate a Human Rights Based Approach; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Globalization and Trafficking
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2.1 Globalization and Migration4.2.2 Migration and THB; 4.2.3 Feminization of Migration and Gendered Vulnerability to Victimization by Trafficking; 4.2.4 Victims of Trafficking: Identifying Victims' Needs and Stereotyping; 4.2.5 Impact of Dominant Legal Responses to Combating Trafficking; 4.3 Human Rights Obligations in Relation to THB; 4.3.1 The Human Rights Framework in Relation to THB; 4.3.2 State Obligations Based on Human Rights in Relation to THB; 4.3.2.1 The Obligation of Due Diligence; 4.3.2.2 The Obligations to Protect and Assist Victims and to Address the Root Causes of THB
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.3.3 Limitations of a Human Rights Based Approach to THB4.4 Legal Protection and Psycho-Social Assistance of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings; 4.4.1 Current Legal Provisions for Victim Protection and Assistance; 4.4.2 A Victim Assistance and Protection Package (VAPP) for THB Victims; 4.5 Human Rights and the Use of Human Security as an Instrument to Identify the Needs of Victims of Trafficking; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 Transnational Organized Crime, Civil Society and Victim Empowerment; 5.1 Introductory Remarks; 5.2 Organized Crime as Security Threat
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.3 Organized Crime and the Lack of Victim-Based Legitimacy
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    Series Statement: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 351
    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Computer science ; Economics, Mathematical ; Political science
    Abstract: This volume is a collation of original contributions from the key actors of a new trend in the contemporary theory of knowledge and belief, that we call 'dynamic epistemology'. It brings the works of these researchers under a single umbrella by highlighting the coherence of their current themes, and by establishing connections between topics that, up until now, have been investigated independently. It also illustrates how the new analytical toolbox unveils questions about the theory of knowledge, belief, preference, action, and rationality, in a number of central axes in dynamic epistemology: temporal, social, probabilistic and even deontic dynamics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Patrick Girard, Mathieu Marion, and Olivier Roy; 2 Logics of Rational Interaction; Barteld Kooi and Eric Pacuit; 3 Dynamic Epistemic Logic and Temporal Modality; Audrey Yap; 4 Exploring the Power of Converse Events; Guillaume Aucher and Andreas Herzig; 5 Modal Logic for Qualitative Dynamics; Darko Sarenac; 6 Knowing One's Limits: An Analysis in Centered Dynamic Epistemic Logic; Denis Bonnay and Paul Égré; 7 Simple Evidence Elimination in Justification Logic; Bryan Renne; 8 Belief Update as Social Choice; Johan van Benthem
    Description / Table of Contents: 9 Revision with Conditional Probability Functions: Two Impossibility ResultsFrançois Lepage and Charles Morgan; 10 Indeterminacy and Belief Change; Horacio Arló-Costa; 11 Perspectival Act Utilitarianism; John F. Horty; 12 Real Change, Deontic Action; Krister Segerberg; 13 Neither Logically Omniscient nor Completely Irrational Agents: Principles for a Fine-Grained Analysis of Propositional Attitudes and Attitude Revision; Daniel Vanderveken; Index
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    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 25
    DDC: 324.63
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Economics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Political science
    Abstract: In the modern era, representation is the hallmark of democracy, and electoral rules structure how representation works and how effectively governments perform. Moreover, of the key structural variables in constitutional design, it is the choice of electoral system that is usually the most open to change. There are three distinctive approaches to electoral system research. One, associated largely with economics, involves the study of electoral system effects through the deductive method, using mathematical tools to derive theorems about the properties of voting methods and behaviors. A second, associated largely with political science, has a primarily empirical focus, and looks in depth at how electoral rules impact on political outcomes, through large cross-sectional or case studies. A third, and more recent tradition, inspired largely by work in experimental economics, involves experimentation, either in the form of controlled laboratory experiments or in the form of in situ field studies. This volume employs the third approach to report on experiments that look at alternatives to the present two round (majority runoff) system used for the election of French presidents. This system is of considerable importance not just because of its use in France but also because of its wide adoption in presidential elections in new democracies, such as Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine. The editors have assembled the top experimental economists and political scientists specializing in French politics to provide in-depth analysis of the double ballot electoral system, and, more broadly, of the effect of electoral rules on the number of candidates, voter strategies, and ideological choice. Ultimately, the editors and contributors argue that experimental methods have great potential to inform our understanding of institutional mechanisms in the context of voting behavior.
    Description / Table of Contents: In Situ and Laboratory Experiments on Electoral Law Reform; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; 1 Editors' Introduction: The Role of Controlled Experiments in Evaluating Proposed Institutional Reforms; 2 Election by Majority Judgment: Experimental Evidence; 3 French Presidential Election: A Field Experiment on the Single Transferable Vote; 4 Framed-field Experiment on Approval Voting and Evaluation Voting. Some Teachings to Reform the French Presidential Electoral System; 5 Lessons from In Situ Experiments during French Elections
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Measuring Duvergerian Effects of the French Majority Runoff System with Laboratory Experiments: Duverger's Laws Under the Microscope7 French Double Ballot Effects: American Experiments; Glossary of Key Electoral System Terms; About the Editors; About the Authors; References; Author Index; Subject Index;
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    ISBN: 0415999200 , 9780203846476 , 9780415811422 , 9780415999205
    Language: English
    Pages: VIII, 331 S.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in social and political thought 71
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in social and political thought
    DDC: 320.01
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    Keywords: Foucault, Michel Political and social views ; Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 ; Influence ; Political science ; Philosophy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Herrschaft ; Politische Theorie ; Herrschaft ; Politische Theorie ; Foucault, Michel 1926-1984 ; Regierung
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Phenomenology ; Philosophy of law ; Law Philosophy ; Public law ; Political science
    Abstract: " At the heart of this book, a question: what to make of the creeping competences of the EU and of the role the European Court of Justice plays in this respect? Taking the implied powers doctrine as its starting point, the hypothesis is that it shows what is ultimately at stake in the concept of legal competence: the problem of creation in law, or the relationship between constituent and constituted power. By rethinking this relationship, a new conceptual framework to make sense of creeping competences is designed. For this, the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty is used. Tracing back the philosophical roots of creation, legal constitution is understood as constitution in passivity. This leads to a whole new interpretation of the relationship between law and politics, rule following, authority, competences and European integration. From this perspective specific chapters in the case law of the European Court of Justice are reread and the logic behind the competence creep is unmasked. new back cover copy: Europe's constitutional journey has not been a smooth one, and a better division and definition of competence in the European Union is a key issue that needs to be addressed. How can the division of competence be made more transparent? Does there need to be a reorganization of competence? How can it be ensured that the redefined division of competence will not lead to a creeping expansion of the competence of the Union or to encroachment upon the exclusive areas of competence of the Member States and, where there is provision, regions? And how can it be ensured that the European dynamic does not come to a halt? Indeed, has the creeping expansion of the competence of the Union already come to a halt? These are the questions this book explores. The Passivity of Law: Competence and Constitution in the European Court of Justice opens with a legal account of competence creep, including the role that the European Court of Justice plays in it and a sketch of the present division of competences and the main principles regulating it. It then discusses the relationship between constituent power and constituted or constitutional power from the viewpoint of the history of constitutional history before offering an alternative theory of their relationship, known as ""chiastic theory,"" which is based on the philosophical investigations of Merleau-Ponty. It details how chiastic theory can be used to make sense of the Court's role in the competence creep in general and the doctrine of implied powers in particular, and it utilizes several case studies concerning competences to sustain this claim. Aimed at researchers and practitioners in Philosophy, Phenomenology, Political Science, the Social Sciences and numerous fields of law, this monograph is a seminal work in the evolving theory and practice of EU law."
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    ISBN: 9781441983336
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    DDC: 320.1
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Philosophy, modern ; Political science Philosophy ; Political science
    Abstract: The 'interest contiguity theory,' which is the book's centerpiece, holds that rather than a smooth, one-way cruise through history, humankind's journey from the inception to the present has brought him/her face to face with broadly three types of interests. The first is the individual interest, which, strange as it may sound, tends to be internally contradictory. The second is society's (or 'national') interest which, due to the clash of wills, is even more difficult than personal interest to harmonize. The third is the interest espoused to justify the establishment and maintenance of supranational institutions. Though conflicting, some interests are, due to their relative closeness (or contiguity), more easily reconcilable than others. In tracing the links between and among the three broad types of interests, the book begins with a brief philosophical discussion and then proceeds to examine the implications of human knowledge for individual liberty. Against the backdrop of the epistemological and ontological questions raised in the first chapter, the book examines the contending perspectives on the theory of the state, and in particular, the circumstances under which it is justified to place the interest of society over that of the individual. The focus of the fourth chapter is on the insertion of the supranational governance constant in the sovereignty equation, and on the conflict between idealist and realist, and between both and the Kantian explanations for the new order. The adequacy or otherwise of the conflicting explanations of the change from anarchy to a 'new world order' is the subject taken up in the succeeding chapters. Besides suggesting a new analytical tool for the study of politics and international relations, the contiguity theory offers statespersons new lenses with which to capture the seismic, perplexing and sometimes disconcerting changes unfolding before their eyes.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Notes; Contents; Part I Internationalism: Philosophy and Theory; 1 The Individual, the State, and International Relations: Toward an Interest Contiguity Theory of Parallel and Competing Sovereignties; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Conflict and Harmony in the Quest for Freedom: A Tale of Three Sovereigns; 1.3 Individual Freedom: Scope and Limit; 1.3.1 Awareness of Reality and Reason; 1.3.2 Socially Constructed Reality; 1.3.3 Received Wisdom and Individual Initiative; 1.4 Individual Freedom and the Common Weal: Emergence of the Sovereign State
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.4.1 Subordinating the Small to the Larger Freedom1.4.2 Proper Interest and Role of the Sovereign State; 1.4.3 Mature Democracies; 1.4.4 Democratic--Authoritarian Crossbreeds; 1.4.5 Authentic and Nominal Theocracies; 1.4.6 Authoritarian State---Real, Unreconstructed; 1.4.7 Failed States---with Friends in Foreign Places; 1.5 Externalizing the Internal Effects of Social Action: The Ascendancy of International Arrangements and Institutions; 1.6 Conclusion; Notes; 2 The Individual as the Origin and Purpose of Sovereignty; 2.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2 Knowledge of the Essence of the Good: Its Origin and the Method by Which It Is Acquired2.3 Comprehending Reality: Epistemological Challenges; 2.3.1 Empiricist Search for Truth and Virtuous Conduct; 2.4 Reason as an Arbiter of Conflicting Truths; 2.5 The Individual as the Foundation of Liberty; 2.6 The Individual Under Three Philosophical Traditions: A Summation; Box 2.1 Logic, Freedom, and Morality in an Ambiguous Environment; Notes; 3 The States Claim to Obedience; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Legitimacy of Power and Benefits of Obedience; 3.3 Emergence of the Westphalian State
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4 Justice and the Rule of Law in State Formation and Maintenance3.5 On the Proper Role of the State; 3.5.1 The Diseconomy of Free Enterprise; 3.5.2 Taming Capitalism: From Palliatives to Panaceas; 3.6 The State and the People: A Comparison of Social Contract Formulae; 3.6.1 The Freedom to Choose: Democracy's Bragging Right; 3.7 Conclusion; Notes; 4 External Effects and the Supranational Sovereign; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Idealism as the Bedrock of Internationalism; 4.3 The Realist Rebuttal to Idealism; 4.3.1 NeoRealist Fine-Tuning of Cold-Blooded Realism
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.4 Globalization and the Withering Away of the State: Kantian Rationalisms Vindication or MisinterpretationBox 4.1 Probable Ethno-Centric Interpretations of Media Coverage of Western and Non-Western Societies Norms and Practices; 4.4.1 Globalization and ''International Society''; 4.5 Internationalism: From Old Realities to New Choices; 4.6 Future Directions in Internationalism; Notes; Part II International Relations: History and Contemporary Challenges; 5 From the League of Foes to the United Nations: A Brief History of Internationalism; 5.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.2 Internationalism before the Establishment of the League of Nations
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    ISBN: 9789400705296
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: The New Synthese Historical Library 69
    DDC: 179.90820902
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Philosophy, medieval ; Religion (General) ; Political science
    Abstract: This book locates Christine de Pizan's argument that women are virtuous members of the political community within the context of earlier discussions of the relative virtues of men and women. It is the first to explore how women were represented and addressed within medieval discussions of the virtues. It introduces readers to the little studied Speculum Dominarum (Mirror of Ladies), a mirror for a princess, compiled for Jeanne of Navarre, which circulated in the courtly milieu that nurtured Christine. Throwing new light on the way in which Medieval women understood the virtues, and were represented by others as virtuous subjects, it positions the ethical ideas of Anne of France, Laura Cereta, Marguerite of Navarre and the Dames de la Roche within an evolving discourse on the virtues that is marked by the transition from Medieval to Renaissance thought. Virtue Ethics for Women 1250-1500 will be of interest to those studying virtue ethics, the history of women's ideas and Medieval and Renaissance thought in general.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Introduction; Contents; About the Authors; Contributors; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; 1 Does Virtue Recognise Gender Christine de Pizan's City of Ladies in the Light of Scholastic Debate; 2 The Speculum dominarum (Miroir des dames) and Transformations of the Literature of Instruction for Women in the Early Fourteenth Century; 1 Durand de Champagne and Jeanne de Navarre; 2 The Speculum dominarum and Religious Writing for Women; 3 The French Translation of the Speculum dominarum; 4 The Structure of the Speculum dominarum; 5 Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 A Mirror of Queenship: The Speculum dominarum and the Demands of Justice1 The Queen's Milieu; 2 The Mirror; 3 The King's Justice; 4 Queenship; 5 Kingship; 6 The Queen's Allies; 4 A Lady's Guide to Salvation: The Miroir des dames Compilation; 1 Introduction; 2 Construction of the Collection; 3 Conclusion; 5 Charles V's Visual Definition of the Queen's Virtues; 1 The Virgin Mary, the Church, and the Queen of Sheba as Models of Virtue for Jeanne de Bourbon; 1.1 The Virgin Mary and the Church as Model for Young Jeanne de Bourbon
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.2 Solomon and the Queen of Sheba as Models for Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon2 From Conceptual Portraits to Representations of a Royal Educated Family in MS 434 of Besanon; 3 Franciscan Spiritual Education as a Model for Royal Family; 4 Presenting the Educated Queen: Jacques de Cessoless Jeu des echecs moraliss and Jean de Meuns Li Livres de confort de Philosophie; 5 Jeanne's Virtues Justify Tutelage of Royal Children in Royaumont's Charter and Guillaume Durant's Rational des divins offices; 6 Queens as Wise Counsellors in Charles Vs Grandes Chroniques de France
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Jean Gerson's Writings to His Sisters and Christine de Pizan's Livre des trois vertus: An Intellectual Dialogue Culminating in Friendship1 Omnis doctrina mulierum reputanda est suspecta; 2 Competing Metaphors of the Fowler (Der Vogelfnger bin ich ja...); 3 The Theme of the regalitas of the Virgin in Gerson and Christine; 4 The Passion Narratives of Gerson and Christine; 7 From Le Miroir des dames to Le Livre des trois vertus; 8 Appearing Virtuous: Christine de Pizan's Le Livre des trois vertus and Anne de France's Les Enseignements dAnne de France; 1 Juste ypocrisie and Cleverness
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 The Livre des trois vertus and the Enseignements3 Juste ypocrisie and Virtue; 9 Weaving Virtue: Laura Cereta as a New Penelope; 10 Margherita Cantelmo and the Worth of Women in Renaissance Italy; 1 Introduction; 2 Margherita Cantelmo and Agostino Strozzi; 3 Strozzi and Equicola; 4 The Defensione delle donne; 11 Like Mother Like Daughter: Moral and Literary Virtues in French Renaissance Women's Writings; 1 Virtue in the Poetic Exchange between Marguerite de Navarre and Jeanne d'Albret; 2 Virtue in the Works of Madeleine and Catherine des Roches
    Description / Table of Contents: 12 Joanna of Castile's Entry into Brussels: Viragos, Wise and Virtuous Women
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    ISBN: 9781441902719
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Human Geography ; Developmental psychology ; Frau ; Illegaler Grenzverkehr ; Asyl ; Zwangsprostitution
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    ISBN: 9781461401896 , 9781283351935
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Protecting Critical Infrastructure 2
    DDC: 363.6/1
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Hydraulic engineering ; Industrial management ; Political science
    Abstract: Avi Ostfeld
    Abstract: Following the events of 9/11, the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency created the Water Protection Task Force (WPTF), which identified water and wastewater systems as a major area of vulnerability to deliberate attack. The WPTF suggested that there are steps that can be taken to reduce these vulnerabilities and to make it as difficult as possible for potential saboteurs to succeed. The WPTF recommended that be scrutinized with renewed vigor to secure water and wastewater systems against these possible threats. It also recommended that water and wastewater systems have a res
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgement; Contents; Contributors; 1 Securing Water and Wastewater Systems: An Overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 History of Water Supply Vulnerability; 1.3 Threats from Earthquakes; 1.3.1 The Loma Prieta Earthquake; 1.3.2 The Northridge Earthquake; 1.3.3 Kobe City Earthquake; 1.3.4 Technological and Institutional Adaptation; 1.3.4.1 Technological Adaptations; 1.3.4.2 Institutional Adaptations; 1.4 Vulnerable Characteristics of US Water Supply Systems; 1.5 The Threat of Terrorism to Urban Water Systems; 1.5.1 Bioterrorism and Chemical Contamination; 1.6 Countermeasures Against Terrorism
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.6.1 Physical Countermeasures1.6.2 Sensor Networks; 1.7 Cyber Security; 1.7.1 Laws and Regulations Governing the Internet; 1.7.2 Internet Recovery; 1.7.3 Examples of Internet Interruption; 1.7.3.1 Case Study -- The Slammer Worm; 1.7.3.2 Case Study -- A Root Server Attack; 1.7.3.3 Case Study -- The Baltimore Train Tunnel Fire; 1.7.3.4 Case Study -- The September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center; 1.7.3.5 Case Study -- Hurricane Katrina; 1.7.4 Cyber Attacks in the Public Sector; 1.7.4.1 The ''Stuxnet'' Virus; 1.8 Material to Be Included in This Book
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.8.1 Current State of Water Supply and Wastewater Systems Security: An Overview1.8.2 Characteristics of Water and Wastewater Systems in the United States; 1.8.3 Chemical and Microbiological Threats for Water System Contamination; 1.8.4 Monitoring for Natural and Manmade Threats in Water and Wastewater Systems; 1.8.5 Modeling Contaminant Propagation and Contaminant Threats; 1.8.6 Case Study Applications; 1.8.7 Distribution System Modeling, SCADA Systems, Security and Surveillance Systems; 1.8.8 Institutional and Management Issues in Responding to Natural and Manmade Threats
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.8.9 Developing Techniques and Approaches for Natural and Manmade Threat Response1.9 Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Security: Threats and Vulnerabilities; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Why Secure Water Infrastructure?; 2.3 Threats to Water Systems; 2.3.1 Evolving Threat Environment; 2.3.1.1 September 11 Terrorist Attacks; 2.3.1.2 Hurricane Katrina; 2.3.2 Threat Assessments; 2.3.3 Natural Disasters; 2.3.3.1 Human-Caused Incidents; 2.3.3.2 External Threats; 2.3.3.3 Internal Threats; 2.3.3.4 Cyber Threats; 2.3.4 Design Basis Threat
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3.5 Continuity Threats to Workforce and Infrastructure2.3.5.1 The Dual Threat: Aging Infrastructure and Aging Workforce; 2.3.5.2 Aging Infrastructure; 2.3.5.3 Interdependent Infrastructure Failures; 2.3.5.4 Workforce Illness; 2.4 Water System Vulnerabilities; 2.4.1 Above-Ground Structures; 2.4.2 Below-Ground Structures; 2.4.3 SCADA and Cyber Systems; 2.4.4 Vulnerability Assessments; References; 3 EPA Drinking Water Security Research Program; 3.1 Background; 3.2 Research Drivers; 3.3 Objectives and Desired Outcomes; 3.4 Water Security Research; 3.4.1 Protection and Prevention
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4.1.1 Blast Vulnerability Assessment Tool
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    ISBN: 9780719085772 , 0719085764 , 9780719085765 , 0719085772
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 276 S. , 24 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als History, historians and development policy
    DDC: 320.6
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    Keywords: Geschichtswissenschaft ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Gesundheitswesen ; Bildungswesen ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Policy sciences ; History ; Social sciences and history ; Political science Decision making ; Historians ; Economic development ; Public health ; Natural resources Management ; Policy sciences ; History ; Social sciences and history ; Political science ; Decision making ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Entwicklungspolitik
    Abstract: Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues
    Abstract: "If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. Where did the policy ideas underpinning these sectors come from? How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within them? Answering these questions requires incorporating historical sensibilities into development policy deliberations in ways that take seriously the importance of context, process, and contestation. Achieving this is not merely a matter of seeking to "know more" about specific times, places and issues, but recognizing the distinctive ways in which historians rigorously assemble, analyze and interpret diverse forms of evidence. Doing so gives rise to policy conclusions rather different to those emerging from prevailing analytical approaches. This book will appeal to students and scholars in Development Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Geography as well as policy makers and those working for or studying NGO's." Publisher's website
    Abstract: Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues
    Abstract: "If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. Where did the policy ideas underpinning these sectors come from? How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within them? Answering these questions requires incorporating historical sensibilities into development policy deliberations in ways that take seriously the importance of context, process, and contestation. Achieving this is not merely a matter of seeking to "know more" about specific times, places and issues, but recognizing the distinctive ways in which historians rigorously assemble, analyze and interpret diverse forms of evidence. Doing so gives rise to policy conclusions rather different to those emerging from prevailing analytical approaches. This book will appeal to students and scholars in Development Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Geography as well as policy makers and those working for or studying NGO's." Publisher's website
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of key issues. How and why history matters for development policy / Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra RaoIndigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa / C.A. Bayly -- Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse / Uma Kothari -- Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law / Richard Smith -- Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges / R. Bing Wong -- Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? / Ravi Kanbur -- Public Health. Health in India since Independence / Sunil S. Amrith -- Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? / David Hall-Mathews -- Public education. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century / David Vincent -- The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history / Tim Harper -- Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education / Lant Pritchett -- Natural resource management. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 / Paul Warde -- Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources / Keith Breckenridge -- Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter? / Mick Moore.
    Note: Enth. 10 Beitr , Overview of key issues. How and why history matters for development policy , Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa , Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse , Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law , Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges , Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? , Public Health. Health in India since Independence , Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century , Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? , Public education. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century , The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history , Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education , Natural resource management. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 , Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources , Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter?
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    ISBN: 9781461401926
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    Series Statement: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
    DDC: 330.122091724
    Keywords: Social sciences ; History ; Archaeology ; Political science
    Abstract: Lindsay Weiss
    Abstract: "The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts: Postcolonial Historical Archaeologies" explores the complex interplay of colonial and capital formations throughout the modern world. The authors present a critical approach to this topic, trying to shift discourses in the theoretical framework of historical archaeology of capitalism and colonialism through the use of postcolonial theory. This work does not suggest a new theoretical framework as such, but rather suggests the importance of revising key theoretical terms employed within historical archaeology, arguing for new engagem
    Description / Table of Contents: The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts; Preface; Contents; About the Contributors; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts, an Introduction: Provincializing Historical Archaeology; Introduction; Historical Archaeology's Haunts: Capitalism and Colonialism; Postcolonial Theory and Its Implications; Theoretical Implications; Volume Overview; Thoughts on the Future: Provincializing Historical Archaeology; References; Chapter 2: Precolonial Encounters at Tamál-Húye : An Event-Oriented Archaeology in Sixteenth-Century Northern California; Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: The Encounters at Tamál-HúyeCulture Contact and Colonialism; Event-Oriented Archaeology; An Event-Oriented Archaeology; Archaeology of the Encounters at Tamál-Húye; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Subduing Tendencies? Colonialism, Capitalism, and Comparative Atlantic Archaeologies; Introduction: Scales of Analysis; Uniform Interpretations and Subduing Tendencies; The Colonial Past in the Capitalist Present; Commemoration, Excavation, Reconsideration?; Concluding Thoughts; References; Chapter 4: Ethnicity and Periphery: The Archaeology of Identity in Russian America
    Description / Table of Contents: Russian Conquest and ColonialismEthnicity in Russian America; Ethnicity and Material Culture; Material Expression in the Archaeological Record; Alaska Native Village Sites; Russian Settlements; Archaeological Interpretation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Building Farmsteads in the Desert: Capitalism, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Rural Landscapes in Late Ottoman Period Transjordan; The Archaeology of Ottoman Transjordan; Ottoman Archaeology as Global Historical Archaeology; The Ottoman Empire and the Tanzimat; The Ottoman Land Code and Bedu Registrations; Case Study: Qasr Hisban
    Description / Table of Contents: Parallel Landscapes of Resistance: Caves and GuesthousesConclusions; References; Chapter 6: Uneven Topographies: Archaeology of Plantations and Caribbean Slave Economies; Introduction; Metropolitan Archives and Colonies; Colonies as the Archives of Empires; A Focus on Consumption; A Focus on Production; A Focus on Circulation; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: A Life on Broken China: Figuring Senses of Capitalism in Late Nineteenth-Century Bogotá; Modernity, Coloniality, and Capitalism; Ascending to the Olympus; Tracking Back the Merchant's Mark; Capitalist Dualities; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 8: Exchange Values: Commodities, Colonialism, and Identity on Nineteenth Century ZanzibarIntroduction; Contextualizing Capitalism: Plantations on Nineteenth Century Zanzibar; Taking Notice of Ceramics; Wealth and Reciprocity on Zanzibar; Trading Identity; Global Capitalist Relations; Conclusions: The Complexities of Capitalism; References; Chapter 9: "In [Them] We Will Find Very Desirable Tributaries for Our Commerce": Cash Crops, Commodities, and Subjectivities in Siin (Senegal) During the Colonial Era; Formations of Colonial Capitalism: From Totalities to Assemblages
    Description / Table of Contents: Mise-en-Valeur: Logics and Aesthetics of Colonial Capitalism in French West Africa
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    ISBN: 9783642127571
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace 6
    DDC: 304.82
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences ; Environmental law ; Environmental economics ; Political science
    Abstract: "The volume places the migration-development-security nexus in the field of transnational studies. Rather than treating these three categories as self-evident, the essays excavate aspects of power and privilege built into their governing frameworks and conflicting rationales apparent in practices of control. Bringing together diverse experiences and case studies, the volume highlights the problematic nature of maintaining distinct and disconnected frameworks of governance. It argues for a new approach that demonstrates the significance and usefulness of comparative ethics in conceptualising migration from a human-centered and gendered perspective in order to address the multi-facetted and multi-dimensional nature and meanings of ""security""."
    Description / Table of Contents: Transnational Migration and Human Security; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 Transnational Migration, Development and Human Security; 1.1 Introductory Remarks; 1.2 The 'Migration-Security-Development' Nexus: Danger and Opportunity; 1.2.1 Migration and Security; 1.2.2 Migration and Development: Integrating Perspectives From Across a Fragmented Field; 1.3 Overview of the Chapters; 1.3.1 Part I: Introduction; 1.3.2 Part II: Neoliberal Governmentality and Transnational Migration: The Interplay of Business Forces and Security Fears
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.3.3 Part III: Migration as Life Experiences: Agency in the Grey Zone1.3.4 Part IV: Transnational Identities andIssues of Citizenship; 1.3.5 Part V: Ethics of Modern-dayTransnational Migration: A Human Security Perspective; 1.4 Conclusion; 2 The Governmentality of Transnational Migration and Security: The Making of a New Subaltern; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Ontology of the Nation-State: Apprehending Security, Rights and Migration; 2.3 From Bipolarity to Trilateralism: The Security, Migration and Development Triad; 2.4 Governance of Global Migration: A Contested Order
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.5 Reframing Security: The Parrhesia of the Subaltern2.6 Conclusion; Part II Neoliberal Governmentality and Transnational Migration: the Interplay of Security Fears and Business Forces; 3 Migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Human Insecurities and Paths for Change; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 US Immigration Policy and Migratory Flows from Mexico; 3.3 Mexico's Policies and 'In-Transit' Migrants; 3.4 Confluence at the Borders: Risks and Migrants' Vulnerability; 3.4.1 Risky Routes and Death; 3.4.2 Abuse by State Agents and Third Parties; 3.4.3 Women and Minors
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4.4 Migration and Crime: Impact of a Conflation3.5 Support for In-Transit Migrants; 3.5.1 Government Programmes; 3.5.2 Civic Organizations; 3.6 Concluding Remarks; 4 The Blind Spot of Repression: Migration Policies and Human Survival in the Central Sahara; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Intra-African Migration Systemsas an Important Factor of Economic Development in Northwest Africa: The Case of the Central Sahara; 4.3 Overlapping Institutional Frameworks: Abstruseness and Patchiness Regarding Migrants' Rights; 4.3.1 The Limited Efficiency of International Commitments
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.3.2 National Legal Frameworks and the Bilateral Links with EU Member States4.4 Crossing Saharan Borders: From Unofficial to Clandestine Modes; 4.4.1 Getting from Niger into Algeria: State Control, Migrants' Movements and Spatial Transformation; 4.4.2 Niger to Libya: Variations on the Themeof Illegality; 4.5 The Central Sahara and the European Union: Security for Whom?; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 Europeanization and the Right to Seek Refugee Status: Reflections on Frontex; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Europeanization of Immigration Policy and its Effects on the Right to Seek Refugee Status
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.3 The Making of Frontex in the Europeanization of Immigration Policy
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    ISBN: 3428135105 , 9783428135103 , 9783428835102
    Language: German
    Pages: 157 S. , 21 cm
    Edition: 3. Aufl.
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Weber, Max, 1864 - 1920 Staatssoziologie
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Weber, Max, 1864 - 1920 Staatssoziologie
    DDC: 300
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    Keywords: State, The ; Political science ; Weber, Max, 1864-1920 ; Staatssoziologie ; Politische Theorie ; Politische Soziologie ; Weber, Max 1864-1920 ; Staatssoziologie
    Note: Neusatz auf Basis der Ausg. von 1966
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    ISBN: 9781441903839
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 626p, digital)
    Edition: 1
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Control of violence
    DDC: 364
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Gewalttätigkeit ; Bekämpfung ; Soziale Kontrolle ; Staatsgewalt
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    ISBN: 1283085348 , 9781441966827 , 9781283085342
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy
    DDC: 305.868073
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Labor economics ; Population ; Political science
    Abstract: " At 15.4 percent of the population, Latinos are the largest minority group in the United States. They are a growing presence in all sectors of the economy, play an increasingly important role in government and politics, and are influential across a wide range of cultural domains. Despite the growing attention paid to Latinos in recent years, this population is characterized by relatively low socio-economic status, and Latinos frequently rank behind the majority white population and other minority groups when it comes to education, finances, and employment. This book contributes to the understanding of these issues by addressing a comprehensive range of topics on Latino economic incorporation, outcomes, and impact over an individual's lifetime. The volume starts with the foundational issue of education, and then moves to immigrant integration and adjustment, Latino and immigrant earnings, the economic impact of Latinos, and inter-generational incorporation and long-term integration issues. The contributions provide wide-ranging perspectives on the key factors that determine whether Latinos will be able to achieve their economic potential. The substantial individual, national, and international implications of these studies make this book of interest to scholars and policy-makers alike, particularly those concerned with the issues of education, immigration, employment, and earnings. The rapid and continuing growth of the Hispanic population ensures that the debate over social policy in the next few decades will increasingly focus on how best to alleviate the economic and social problems facing this population and perhaps encourage rapid assimilation. The studies in the volume edited by David Leal and Stephen Trejo provide an excellent foundation for this discussion. The conceptual issues and findings in these papers are sure to be valuable to both policy makers and researchers. George Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Latinos and the Economy provides a truly authoritative but accessible compilation of first-rate scholarship on Hispanic incorporation, educational and political gains, and ongoing economic and cultural impacts. It is ""must reading"" for anyone concerned about the future, especially as America moves inexorably towards becoming a majority-minority society by mid-century. Daniel T. Lichter, Ferris Family Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University This is the volume to read for anyone interested in current American immigration issues or the role of Hispanics in the U.S. economy."" Daniel S. Hamermesh, Killam Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin ""The future of America is closely intertwined with the successful integration--economically, politically, and socially--of the Latino population. Latinos now comprise one of every seven workers and almost one of every five students in the United States. The research reported in this volume describes the challenges faced by Latinos in schools, the labor market, and in communities and explains their prospects for upward mobility. These studies suggest that a significant investment in expanding educational opportunities may be the single most important policy lever to incorporate Latinos into the American mainstream."" Charles Hirschman, Professor of Public Affairs and Boeing International Professor of Sociology, University of Washington "
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Latinos and the Economic Future; The Chapters; Latino Population Growth: Facts, Trends, and History; Notes; References; Part I K12 Education; 2 The Hispanic Diaspora and the Public Schools: Educating Hispanics; 3 System of Elections, Latino Representation, and School Policy in Central California Schools; Part II Higher Education; 4 Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants? EvidenceINTbreak; from State Laws Permitting Undocumented ImmigrantsINTbreak; to Pay In-State Tuition at State C
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Is There a Link Between Hispanics and First-Generation College Students? The Importance of ExposureINTbreak to a College-Going Tradition; Part III Legalization and Naturalization; 6 The Effects of Legalization on Migrant Remittances; 7 Naturalization and Its Determinants Among Immigrants from Latin America: The Role of Dual Citizenship Rights; Part IV Earnings; 8 The LEP Earnings Penalty Among Hispanic Men in the US: 1980 to 2005; 9 The Minimum Wage and Latino Workers; 10 Latino Veterans and Income: Are There Gains from Military Service; Part V Economic Impacts of Latinos
    Description / Table of Contents: 11 Do Recent Latino Immigrants Compete for JobsINTbreak with Native Hispanics and Earlier Latino Immigrants?; 12 Immigrants, Hispanics, and the Evolution of Housing Prices in the US; Part VI InterGenerational Incorporation and Economic Outcomes; 13 The Effects of English Proficiency Among Childhood Immigrants: Are Hispanics Different?; 14 Who Remains Mexican? Selective Ethnic AttritionINTbreak; and the Intergenerational Progress of Mexican Americans; About the Editors; About the Contributors;
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    Athens : Swallow Press
    ISBN: 9780804002547
    Language: English
    Pages: vi, 236 Seiten
    Edition: Nachdruck
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    Keywords: Democracy ; Political science ; State, The
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    ISBN: 9780191766879 , 9780199562954
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 1291 S.) , graph. Darst.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Online-Ressource Oxford handbooks online. Political science
    Series Statement: The Oxford handbooks of political science / general ed.: Robert E. Goodin [11]
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Oxford handbooks of political science ; [11]: The Oxford handbook of political science
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    Abstract: This one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of the main branches of contemporary political science. It will serve as the reference book for political scientists and those following their work for years to come.
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    DDC: 301
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    Series Statement: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology 6
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Munthe, Christian The price of precaution and the ethics of risk
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    Abstract: This international rigorously peer-reviewed volume critically synthesizes current knowledge in forest hydrology and biogeochemistry. It is a one-stop comprehensive reference tool for researchers and practitioners in the fields of hydrology, biogeoscience, ecology, forestry, boundary-layer meteorology, and geography. Following an introductory chapter tracing the historical roots of the subject, the book is divided into the following main sections: ·        Sampling and Novel Approaches ·        Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry by Ecoregion and Forest Type ·        Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Fluxes from the Canopy to the Phreatic Surface ·        Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems: Effects of Time, Stressors, and Humans The volume concludes with a final chapter that reflects on the current state of knowledge and identifies some areas in need of further research.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Aim, Plan and Basis; References; 2 Dimensions of Precaution; 2.1 Values, Levels and Time-Horizons; 2.2 May Bring Great Harm; 2.3 Show; 2.4 Risk; 2.5 Too Serious; 2.6 Summing Up; References; 3 Precaution and Rationality; 3.1 Rational Action - the Standard View; 3.2 Rational Precaution; 3.3 From Rationality to Morality; References; 4 Ethics and Risks; 4.1 Traditional Criteria of Rightness; 4.2 The Virtue of Precaution; 4.3 Abandoning Factualism; References; 5 The Morality of Imposing Risks; 5.1 Basic Structure
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.2 The Problem of Guidance5.3 Basic Intuitions About Responsibility; 5.4 Areas of Precaution; 5.5 The Weight of Evil; 5.6 Problems with Relative Progressiveness; 5.7 Summing Up; References; 6 Practical Applications; 6.1 General Cases; 6.2 Hard Cases; 6.3 Policy; 6.4 Big Questions; References; Index;
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    ISBN: 9781441958099 , 1282927698 , 9781282927698
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 284 p, digital)
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    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 16
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Reform processes and policy change
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science Philosophy ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science Philosophy ; Political science ; Demokratie ; Politischer Prozess ; Politische Entscheidung ; Politische Reform ; Veto ; Demokratie ; Politischer Prozess ; Politische Entscheidung ; Politische Reform ; Veto
    Abstract: George Tsebelis` veto players approach has become a prominent theory to analyze various research questions in political science. Studies that apply veto player theory deal with the impact of institutions and partisan preferences of legislative activity and policy outcomes. It is used to measure the degree of policy change and, thus, reform capacity in national and international political systems. This volume contains the analysis of leading scholars in the field on these topics and more recent developments regarding theoretical and empirical progress in the area of political reform-making. The contributions come from research areas of political science where veto player theory plays a significant role, including, positive political theory, legislative behavior and legislative decision-making in national and supra-national political systems, policy making and government formation. The contributors to this book add to the current scholarly and public debate on the role of veto players, making it of interest to scholars in political science and policy studies as well as policymakers worldwide.
    Description / Table of Contents: Reform Processes and Policy Change; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Part I Introduction; 1 Veto Player Theory and Policy Change: An Introduction; Arguments Made in Veto Players; Arguments Made in This Book; References; Part II Identification of Veto Players; 2 Empirical Applications of Veto Player Analysisand Institutional Effectiveness; Introduction; Veto Players: Definitional Issues; Empirical Application of the Veto Player Approach; Legislatures in Parliamentary Democracies; Political Economy Outputs in Developed Countries; Application in Developing Countries
    Description / Table of Contents: Veto Players and InstitutionsThe Role of Veto Players in Institutional Effectiveness; Conclusion; References; 3 The Veto Player Approach in Macro-Comparative Politics: Concepts and Measurement; Conceptualizing and Measuring Veto Players in Macro-comparative Analysis; Competing Concepts of Veto Player and Veto Point Analysis; Measurement and Aggregation of Veto Points in Macro-comparative Analysis; Measurement and Aggregation of Veto Players in Macro-Comparative Analysis; Towards a More Refined Veto Player Analysis; Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 Measuring Policy Positions of Veto Players in Parliamentary DemocraciesStep 1: Identifying Legislative Keywords; Step 2: Smart Tagging Political Texts Using Legislative Keywords; Step 3: Estimate Portfolio Positions; References; Part III Interpretation of Veto Players; 5 Mutual Veto? How Coalitions Work; Delegation in Coalition Governments; How Delegation Works in Coalition Governments; Contract Design; Screening; Reporting and Monitoring; Institutional Checks; How Coalitions Choose Control Mechanisms; Internal Logic of the Coalition's Governance Architecture; Environmental Factors
    Description / Table of Contents: Patterns of Coalition GovernanceEnvironmental Factors; Familiarity; Bargaining Complexity in Parliament; Parliamentary Polarization; Policy Preference Divergence; Time; Institutions; Data and Methods; Results; Conclusion: Mutual Veto?; References; 6 Veto Players, Agenda Control and Cabinet Stabilityin 17 European Parliaments, 1945-1999; Introduction; Cabinet Stability in Cross-national Comparison: Data and Description of the Dependent Variable; Explaining Cabinet Stability: The Story So Far; Veto Players, Agenda Control and Cabinet Duration; Testing the Hypotheses; Discussion of Results
    Description / Table of Contents: ConclusionReferences; 7 The Sources of Bipartisan Politics in Parliamentary Democracies; Introduction; Bipartisan Legislative Activity and Success in Parliamentary Democracies; A Model of Bipartisan Politics; Research Design and Measures; Analysis; Conclusion; References; 8 Why Don't Veto Players Use Their Power?; Veto Players and Voting in the Council: The Empirical Puzzle; Veto Power, Voting Preferences and Consensus: Why Bother?; The DEU Data: Actors' Interests in Contested Commission Proposals; Voting Preferences, Selection Bias and Strategies for Consensus
    Description / Table of Contents: Logrolling Across Proposals Within a Period and Within a Domain
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    Series Statement: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 20
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Approaches to legal rationality
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Artificial intelligence ; Political science ; Law ; Law ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Artificial intelligence ; Law Philosophy ; Political science ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Logik ; Recht ; Recht ; Vernunft ; Rechtsphilosophie
    Abstract: Legal theory, political sciences, sociology, philosophy, logic, artificial intelligence: there are many approaches to legal argumentation. Each of them provides specific insights into highly complex phenomena. Different disciplines, but also different traditions in disciplines (e.g. analytical and continental traditions in philosophy) find here a rare occasion to meet. The present book contains contributions, both historical and thematic, from leading researchers in several of the most important approaches to legal rationality. One of the main issues is the relation between logic and law: the way logic is actually used in law, but also the way logic can make law explicit. An outstanding group of philosophers, logicians and jurists try to meet this issue. The book is more than a collection of papers. However different their respective conceptual tools may be, the authors share a common conception: legal argumentation is a specific argumentation context.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Contents; Contributors; Part I The Specificity of Legal Reasoning; 1 Aristotle on the Ways and Means of Rhetoric; 2 Cicero on Conditional Right; 3 Inductive Topics and Reorganization of a Classification; 4 Formal and Informal in Legal Logic; Part II Legal Reasoning and Public Reason; 5 Public Reason and Constitutional Interpretation; 6 Democracy and Compromise; 7 Reasons for Reasons; 8 Argumentation and Legitimation of Judicial Decisions; Part III Logic and Law; 9 Logic and the Law: Crossing the Lines of Discipline
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Epistemic and Practical Aspects of Conditionals in Leibniz's Legal Theory of Conditions11 Abduction and Proof: A Criminal Paradox; 12 Relevance in the Law; Part IV New Formal Approaches to Legal Reasoning; 13 The Logical Structure of Legal Justification: Dialogue or "Trialogue"?; 14 Explanation and Production: Two Ways of Using and Constructing Legal Argumentation; 15 The Law of Evidence and Labelled Deduction: A Position Paper; Part V Logic in the Law; 16 How Logic Is Spoken of at the European Court of Justice: A Preliminary Exploration; Index;
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    ISBN: 9780387981710
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    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 20
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Dougherty, Keith L., 1965 - The calculus of consent and constitutional design
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science Philosophy ; Social sciences Methodology ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science Philosophy ; Social sciences Methodology ; Political science ; Buchanan, James M. 1919-2013 The calculus of consent ; Demokratie ; Verfassungsorgan ; Entscheidungsfindung ; Distributionskosten ; Mathematisches Modell
    Abstract: "Buchanan and Tullock's seminal work, The Calculus of Consent, linked economic methodology to substantive questions in political science. Among the major contributions of the book is a connection between constitutional decision making and contractarianism, a philosophical tradition that proponents believe can give institutions legitimacy. In other words, a major contribution of their book is a clear connection between empirical decision making and normative principles. This book formalizes and extends this foundational work as it attempts to show how economic and philosophical arguments about the ""best"" voting rules can be used to improve constitutional design. It informs debates about constitutional political economy in comparative politics, democratic theory, and public choice. Political scientists often ask questions about what causes a nation to seek a new constitution, how constitutions are made, and what factors allow for corruption in constitutional decision making. The Calculus of Consent and Constitutional Design bridges the gap between normative questions about which institutions are most efficient and fair and empirical questions about how constitutions are formed. This provides a benchmark to help create better constitutions and informs empirical research about what institutions are most likely to succeed. The book begins by showing how contractarian ideals can be used to justify choices about decision-making. It then carefully defines several concepts employed by Buchanan and Tullock and shows why the relationships between these concepts may not be as closely linked as Buchanan and Tullock first thought. This provides a backdrop for analyzing the three phases of constitutional decision-making: 1) the constitutional phase, where rules for constitutional decision making must be justified, 2) the legislative phase, where the optimal k-majority rule1 is analyzed, and 3) the electoral phase, where the optimal voting rule for large electorates and open alternatives are determined. These phases differ by context and sources of legitimacy. Computational models and analytic techniques are introduced in each of these chapters. Finally, the book concludes with statements about the significance of the research for the creation of constitutions more broadly."
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    ISBN: 9783642215728
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 519p. 8 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Reconstituting the Constitution
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    Keywords: Comparative law ; Constitutional law ; Political science ; Law ; Law ; Comparative law ; Constitutional law ; Political science ; Konferenzschrift 2010 ; Neuseeland ; Verfassungsrecht ; Neuseeland ; Verfassungsreform ; Neuseeland ; Verfassungsrecht ; Gesetzgebende Gewalt ; Vollziehende Gewalt ; Neuseeland ; Verfassungsreform ; Verfassungsrecht ; Gesetzgebende Gewalt ; Vollziehende Gewalt
    Abstract: Petra Butler
    Abstract: All nation states, whether ancient or newly created, must examine their constitutional fundamentals to keep their constitutions relevant and dynamic. Constitutional change has greater legitimacy when the questions are debated before the people and accepted by them. Who are the people in this state? What role should they have in relation to the government? What rights should they have? Who should be Head of State? What is our constitutional relationship with other nation states? What is the influence of international law on our domestic system? And what process should constitutional change foll
    Description / Table of Contents: Reconstituting the Constitution; Preface; Contents; Part 1: Reconstituting the Constitution: An Overview; Chapter 1: Building the Constitution: Debates; Assumptions; Developments 2000-2010; 1.1 Building the Constitution 2000: The Conference; 1.2.2 The Constitution and the World Around/the Constraints of Treaties and International Law16; 1.4 Rebuilding the Constitution, 2000-2010: Debate, Change, and No-Change; 1.4.1 Case-Study: The Supreme Court Act 2003; References; Chapter 2: Reconstituting the Constitution: Opening Address I; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3: Reconstituting the Constitution: Opening Address IIPart 2: Reforming Constitutions: Lessons from Abroad; Chapter 4: South Africa´s Experience in Constitution-Building; References; References; 8.6.3 Pandora´s Box39; Chapter 15: Involving Civil Society in Constitutional Reform: An Overview of the Australian National Human Rights Consultation and the Proposed National HumanRights Framework; 15.5 How Could Australia Better Protect and Promote Human Rights?; 15.6 Three Acute Injustices Encountered During Our Inquiry; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 19: Waltzing Matilda (or Not): New Zealand´s Constitutional Relationship With AustraliaHistory; References; Chapter 20: The Evolution of the Australia-New Zealand Relationship; Chapter 21: The Trans-Tasman Relationship: Past, Present and Future; Chapter 22: The Role and Governance of Sub-National Government: Impact of the ``Super-City´´; 27.2 Some Preliminary Assumptions; Appendix; CONSIDERATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES; Proposal; Executive Summary; Background; Overseas experience; Process lessons for this consideration of constitutional issues; Context
    Description / Table of Contents: Consideration of Constitutional IssuesMinisterial responsibility for the Consideration of Constitutional Issues; Constitutional Issues to be considered; Developing the Engagement Process; Constitutional Advisory Panel; Establishing the Constitutional Advisory Panel; Risks; Reporting; Departmental Support; Consultation; Financial implications; Human rights; Legislative implications; Regulatory impact analysis; Gender implications; Disability perspective; Publicity; RECOMMENDATIONS; Issues for consideration; Process for public engagement; Risks; Reporting
    Description / Table of Contents: Departmental support for the Consideration of Constitutional IssuesPublicity; APPENDIX 2- PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE; Background; Constitutional Ministerial Group; Programme of engagement; Subject matter of the programme of engagement
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    ISBN: 9789048189632 , 1282995553 , 9781282995550
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    Series Statement: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 6
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Grover, Sonja C. Young people's human rights and the politics of voting age
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Law ; Political science ; Sociology ; Developmental psychology ; Law Psychological aspects ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Law ; Political science ; Sociology ; Developmental psychology ; Law Psychological aspects ; Heranwachsender ; Menschenrecht ; Wahlrecht ; Altersgrenze ; Stimmrecht
    Abstract: Young People's Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age explores the broader societal implications of voting age eligibility requirements and the legislative bar against youth voting in North America and in Commonwealth countries (where 'youth' is defined as persons 16 and over but under age 18). The issue is raised as to whether the denial of the youth vote undermines democratic principles and values and ultimately the human dignity of youth. This is the first book to address the topic of the youth vote in-depth as a fundamental human rights concern relating to the entitlement in a democracy to societal participation and inclusion in influencing policy and law which profoundly affects one's life. Also examined are international perspectives on the issue of voting age eligibility. The book would be extremely valuable for instructional purposes as one of the primary texts in undergraduate or graduate courses on children's human rights, political psychology, political science , sociology of law or society and as a supplementary text for courses on human rights or constitutional law and would be of interest also to members of the general public concerned with children's human rights issues.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Part I The Philosophical Context of the Minimum Voting Age Question; 1 Alternative Philosophical Perspectives on the Origin and Nature of Human Rights; Part II Socio-Cultural Factors and the Minimum Voting Age; 2 Examples of Contextual Factors in the Youth Struggle for the Vote; Part III Voting Age Eligibility: Human Rights Issue or Social Policy Matter?; 3 The Human Rights Imperative and Minimum Voting Age; Part IV A Victory for the Vote at 16 in Austria Goes Largely Ignored in Other States; 4 Austria and the Vote at 16
    Description / Table of Contents: Part V Rationalizing of the Violation of U.K. Youths Inherent Right to Suffrage5 The U.K. Example of Resistance to the Vote at 16: The U.K. Electoral Commission and Select U.K. Social Scientists; Part VI The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Eligible Voting Age; 6 The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Does it Really Make Age Discrimination in the Vote Against Under 18s Constitutional? The Broader Lessons; Part VII Barriers Coming From Unlikely Sources to Youth's Struggle to Access the Basic Human Right to Suffrage
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 The Youth Vote as a Human Right and Resistance from High Profile International and National Human Rights GatekeepersPart VIII Re-Examining Alleged Rationales for the Bar Against the Vote for Under 18s; 8 Unconstitutional Age-Based Discrimination in the Vote Applied on Account of Young Age; Part IX Voting Age Eligibility and the Societal Marginalization of Under 18s; 9 Minors' Perspectives on Their Citizenship Status; Part X Unequal Treatment in Accessing the Inherent Right to Suffrage
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Two Different Standards for Enfranchisement: A 'Rights Standard' for Adults and a Supposed 'Competency Qualification Standard' for MinorsPart XI Recognizing the Vote at 16 Movement as a Fundamental Human Rights Struggle; 11 Concluding Comments; References
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    ISBN: 9783642195167
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 466p. 94 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Schofield, Norman, 1944 - Leadership or chaos
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Economics ; Finance ; Economics, Mathematical ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Economics ; Finance ; Economics, Mathematical ; Political science ; Demokratie ; Wahlverhalten ; Kollektiventscheidung ; Gleichgewichtsmodell ; Politische Ökonomie ; Demokratie ; Wahlverhalten ; Kollektiventscheidung ; Gleichgewichtsmodell ; Politische Ökonomie
    Abstract: Maria Gallego
    Abstract: Combining elements of economic reasoning and political science has proven to be very useful for understanding the broad variation in economic development around the world. In a sense research in this field goes back to the Scottish Enlightenment and Adam Smith's original plan in his Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations. "Leadership or Chaos" by Norman Schofield and Maria Gallego is intended as an advanced, self-contained text in political economy dealing with social choice. The theory and empirical analysis are used to examine democratic institutions and elections in the
    Description / Table of Contents: Leadership or Chaos; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Political Economy: Risk and Uncertainty; Chapter 2: Limited Access Society; Chapter 3: Social Choice; Chapter 4: Models of the World and Society; Chapter 5: Elections in the United States; Chapter 6: Elections in the United Kingdom; Chapter 7: Elections in Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium; Chapter 8: Elections in Poland 1997-2005; Chapter 9: Elections in Russia and the Caucasus; Chapter 10: Elections in Israel and Turkey; Chapter 11: Institutions and Development; Chapter 12: Chaotic Leadership Transitions
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 13: Concluding Remarks on Knowledge of Science and SocietyReferences;
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    ISBN: 9781349266364
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 267 p, online resource)
    Edition: Second Edition
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Holton, Robert J., 1946 - Globalization and the nation-state
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Nationalstaat ; Welt ; Political science ; International relations ; Globalization ; Regional economics ; Spatial economics ; Sociology ; Political sociology ; Economics ; Political science ; International relations ; Globalization ; Regional economics ; Spatial economics ; Sociology ; Political sociology ; Internationalisierung ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Globalization is much discussed but little understood. This study opens up new ways of seeing the global world around us. Drawing on contemporary and historical evidence, insights are offered into a range of subjects from the multi-national corporation and the future of the nation state, to the revival of ethnicity and the development of global culture. Globalization poses profound social challenges, but it is far from sweeping all before it. This is an important book for all those interested in economic, political and cultural change
    Abstract: Globalization is much discussed but little understood. This study opens up new ways of seeing the global world around us. Drawing on contemporary and historical evidence, insights are offered into a range of subjects from the multi-national corporation and the future of the nation state, to the revival of ethnicity and the development of global culture. Globalization poses profound social challenges, but it is far from sweeping all before it. This is an important book for all those interested in economic, political and cultural change
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Grover, Sonja C. Schoolchildren as propaganda tools in the war on terror
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    Keywords: Criminal Law ; Comparative law ; Political science ; Sociology ; Law ; Law ; Criminal Law ; Comparative law ; Political science ; Sociology ; Afghanistan ; Schulkind ; Sicherheit ; Propaganda ; Internationaler Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung ; Afghanistan ; Schulkind ; Sicherheit ; Propaganda ; Internationaler Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung
    Abstract: This book explores in what ways both sides involved in the so-called war on terror are using schoolchildren as propaganda tools while putting the children's security at grave risk. The book explores how terrorists use attacks on education to attempt to destabilize the government while the government and the international aid community use increases in school attendance as an ostensible index of largely illusory progress in the overall security situation and in development. The book challenges the notion that unoccupied civilian schools are not entitled under the law of armed conflict to a high standard of protection which prohibits their use for military purposes. Also examined are the potential violations of international law that can occur when government and education aid workers encourage and facilitate school attendance, as they do, in areas within conflict-affected states such as Afghanistan where security for education is inadequate and the risk of terror attacks on education high.
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Re-examining the role of education aid as a component of the 'humanitarian' agenda in conflict-affected states -- pt. 2. Attacks on education : the scope of the problem and unwitting complicity of CAFS, their coalition allies and the international aid community -- pt. 3. Attacks on education : issues of accountability for both sides in the 'War on Terror.'
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    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 96
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Aarnio, Aulis, 1937 - Essays on the doctrinal study of law
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    Abstract: "Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law" is a summary of the author's 40 years of research in the fields of civil law and the philosophy of law. The main focus is on the two main tasks in the doctrinal study of law: the interpretation and systematisation of legal norms. In this regard, Professor Aarnio deals with the theory of argumentation as well as with its foundations - i.e., with the ontology, epistemology and methodology of legal thinking - and develops the ideas that were first presented in "The Rational as Reasonable" (Kluwer 1987) in all of these dimensions. The work
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The foundations of legal thinking -- pt. 3. Between realism and idealism -- pt. 4. On the doctrinal study of law.
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    ISBN: 9783642144325
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    Series Statement: European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2
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    Keywords: Public law ; Political science ; Law ; Law ; Public law ; Political science
    Abstract: "Part one of Vol. 2 (2011) of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law" addresses two major topics of current academic debate and public interest: firstly, it focuses on the State and the Global Economy, secondly, on Climate Change and International Economic Law. Part two contains treatises of recent regional integration developments taking place in the major regions of the world. Part three covers the legal and political developments in the major international organizations and fora dealing with international economic policy making. Part four contains book reviews of recent works in the field of International Economic Law."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: Part one of Vol. 2 (2011) of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law adresses two major topics of current academic debate and public interest: firstly, it focuses on the State and the Global Economy, secondly, on Climate Change and International Economic Law. Part two contains treatises of recent regional integration developments taking place in the major regions of the world. Part three covers the legal and political developments in the major international organizations and fora dealing with international economic policy making. Part four contains book reviews of recent works in the field of International Economic Law.
    Description / Table of Contents: European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2011; Editorial; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Topics; Distinguished Essay; Forms of Governmental Decision-Making; Stagnation and Diverse Trends; Trade Liberalization Stalemated at a High Level; The Growing International Law Umbrella Protecting Foreign Investment; Proliferation of Competition Laws; Financial Regulation in the Wake of the Banking Crisis; Informal Forms of Intergovernmental Decision-Making; Constitutionalization of the World Economy?; Central Bank Challenges in the Global Economy; Introductory Remarks; Globalization
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards Global Standards and PracticesCentral Banks as Guardians of Price Stability; Central Bank Independence and Accountability; Regionalization; Global Challenges to Central Banking; The Globalization of Monetary Policy; The Global Economic Crisis; Concluding Remarks; An International Normative Framework for Sovereign Wealth Funds?; Introduction; Basic Issues; Searching for a Precise Legal Definition of SWFs; Fund; Wealth (Fund); Sovereign (Fund); Specific Nature of SWFs; Development and Objectives of SWFs; Some Historical Remarks; Different Objectives; Structure and Activities
    Description / Table of Contents: Funding and Spending RulesInvestment Strategies and Policies; SWFs and Other Funds Engaged in International Financial Activities; Concepts for a Normative Framework at International Level; Global Institutions; International Monetary Fund; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Bank for International Settlements; World Trade Organization; International Working Group of Sovereign Wealth Funds; European Commission; Preliminary Conclusions; Elements of an International Normative Framework for SWFs; International Investment Law; GAPP: Nature, Content and Scope
    Description / Table of Contents: Purpose, Membership, OrganizationImprovement by Disclosure?; Dispute Settlement Under GAPP?; SWFs and the Financial Market Crisis; New Rules Needed?; Sovereign Wealth Funds: Market Investors or ``Imperialist Capitalists´´? The European Response to Direct Investment by Non-EU State-Controlled Entities; Introduction; SWF: The Phenomenon and the Questions It Raises; Defining SWFs; Experiences with SWFs So Far; Concerns Regarding the Investment Activities of SWFs and Other Foreign State-Controlled Entities; The US Reaction to Foreign States´ Involvement in Economic Activities Within the USA
    Description / Table of Contents: The Legal Framework of EU Law on Member States´ Involvement in Economic ActivitiesDo Public Undertakings Benefit from the Protection of the Free-Movement Rules?; Cross-Border Investments: Freedom of Establishment or Free Movement of Capital?; Foreign States´ Involvement in Economic Activities Within the EU: What Rules Do We Have? What Rules Do We Need?; Concerns Regarding the Involvement of Foreign States in Economic Activities Within the EU: The Commission´s Proposal for a ``Co; Member States´ Entry Controls for Foreign Investment and the Free Movement of Capital
    Description / Table of Contents: Does Art. 56 TEC (Equivalent to Art. 63 TFEU) Apply at All to National Foreign Investment Control Regimes Limited to the Acquis
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Part I:TopicsSpecial Focus I:The State and the Global EconomyDistinguished Essay:Governmental Decision-Making in the World Economy , Central Bank Challenges in the Global Economy , An International Normative Framework for Sovereign Wealth Funds? , Sovereign Wealth Funds: Market Investors or "Imperialist Capitalists"? The EuropeanResponse to Direct Investment by Non-EU State-Controlled Entities , The Role of the IMF as a Global Financial Authority , No Ado About Nothing: Obama's Trade Policies After 1 Year , Special Focus II:Climate Change and International Economic LawCarbon Capture and Storage from the Perspective of International Law , Biofuels and WTO Law , Climate Labelling and the WTO: The 2010 EU Ecolabelling Programme as a Test Case Under WTO Law , Environmental Services and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): Legal Issues and Negotiating Stakes at the WTO , European Union Competences and Actions in International Environment Law: RecentDevelopments and Current Challenges , Part II:Regional IntegrationThe European Union and Regional Trade Agreements: A Case Study of the EU-Korea FTA , MENA: The Question of Palestinian Observership and Accession to the WTO , Integration and Disintegration in North America: The Rise and Fall of International Economic Law in One Region , African Regional Economic Integration: Is the Paradigm Relevant and Appropriate? , Regional Integration in Latin America: Some Lessons of 50 Years of Experience , Report on the ASEAN Economic Cooperation and Integration , Part III:International Economic InstitutionsFrom the G8 to the G20: Reforming the Global Economic Governance System , The Doha Development Agenda at a Crossroads: What Are the Remaining Obstacles toThe Conclusion of the Round: Part II? , WTO Dispute SettlementThe Establishment of 'Binding Guidance' by the Appellate Body in US Stainless Steel and Recent Dispute Settlement Rulings , Part IV:Book ReviewsRudolf Dolzer, Christoph Schreuer, Principles of International Investment Law , Daniel Wüger and Thomas Cottier, Genetic Engineering and the World Trade System , Simon Lester and Bryan Mercurio with Arwel Dawies and Kara Leitner, World Trade Law: Text, Materials and Commentary , Rüdiger Wolfrum, Peter-Tobias Stoll and Clemens Feinäugle, WTO: Trade in Services, Max Planck Commentaries on World Trade Law, Vol. 6 , Part V:MaterialsOpinion of Advocate General Kokott Delivered on 26 March 2009
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    ISBN: 9789048190171
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 187p, digital)
    Series Statement: Studies in Global Justice 7
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Toleration and Recognition in an Age of Religious Pluralism
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Democracy, religious pluralism and the liberal dilemma of accommodation
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Philosophy of law ; Political science Philosophy ; Regional planning ; Political science ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Philosophy of law ; Political science Philosophy ; Regional planning ; Political science ; Religious pluralism ; Political aspects ; Religion and state ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religiöser Pluralismus ; Liberalismus ; Egalitarismus ; Demokratie
    Abstract: How should liberal democratic governments respond to citizens as religious believers whose values, norms and practices might lie outside the cultural mainstream? Some of the most challenging political questions arising today focus on the adequacy of a policy of 'live and let live' liberal toleration in contexts where disputes about the metaphysical truth of conflicting world-views abound. Does liberal toleration fail to give all citizens their due? Do citizens of faith deserve a more robust form of accommodation from the state in the form of 'recognition'. This issue is far from settled. Controversies over the terms of religious accommodation continue to dominate political agendas around the world. This is the first edited collection to provide a sustained examination of the politics of toleration and recognition in an age of religious pluralism. The aftermath of the events of September 11th have dramatised the urgency of this debate. It has also surfaced, nationally and globally, in disputes about terrorism, security and gender and human rights questions in relation to minority communities. This volume brings together a group of new and established scholars from the fields of law and philosophy, who all present fresh and challenging perspectives on an urgent debate. It will be indispensable reading for advanced researchers in political and legal philosophy, religious and cultural studies and related disciplines.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; 1 Introduction - Liberal Democracy and Religious Pluralism: Accommodating or Resisting the Diversity of a Globalising Age?; 1.1 Religious Pluralism in Democratic Theory and Practice; 1.2 Religious Accommodation in Liberal Democracies: Toleration, Respect and Recognition; 1.3 The Chapters; References; Part I Religious Pluralism in Liberal Democracies: Toleration and the Dynamics of Social Conflict; 2 Religions and Liberal Democracy: Reflections on Doctrinal, Institutional and Attitudinal Learning; 3 How Not to Tolerate Religion
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 On the Muslim Question5 Dealing Morally with Religious Differences; 6 Diversity and Equality: `Toleration as Recognition' Reconsidered; Part II Cases, Concepts and New Frameworks for Accommodating Religion in Liberal Democracies; 7 Modus Vivendi and Religious Conflict; 8 Negotiating the `Sacred' Cow: Cow Slaughter and the Regulation of Difference in India; 9 An Ex Post Legem Approach to the Reconciliation of Minority Issues in Contemporary Democracies; Index;
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    ISBN: 9783531933023
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (265 p. 8 illus. in color, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Regression of democracy?
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science ; Autokratie ; Demokratie ; Demokratieforschung ; Failing States ; Paperback / softback ; Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Begrenzte Staatlichkeit ; Demokratie ; Defizit ; Demokratieforschung ; Transformationsländer ; Demokratie ; Defizit ; Autokratie
    Abstract: Democratization since the implosion of the communist bloc displays a mixed balance. While the neo-democracies in Central Eastern European Countries can be seen as largely consolidated, many other processes of democratization in other parts of the world such as Africa, Asia and Latin America got stuck as unconsolidated or became defective democracies, some 'regressed' into hybrid regimes or were even turned into autocracies. While transitology dealt with the transition from authoritarian rule, the reverse process, the transition from democratic rule, remained almost completely outside the schol
    Description / Table of Contents: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft Sonderheft 1 / 2011; Foreword; Introduction; Bibliography; Decline of Democracy: Loss of Quality, Hybridisation and Breakdown of Democracy; 1. Introduction1; 2. The research problem and the literature; 3. Taking stock of the situation; 3.1 Frequency of decline; 3.2 The institutional or age dimension; 3.3 The economic conditions; 4. Case-oriented approaches; 4.1 Structurally biased approaches; 4.2 Process-oriented approaches; 5. The conceptual issue: Quality and more; 6. The international dimension; 7. Conclusion and desiderata; Bibliography
    Description / Table of Contents: Quality Criteria for Democracy. Why Responsiveness is not the Key1. On the relevance of quality criteria; 2. The Quality of Democracy - Methodical Solution Strategy and Findings; 3. Responsiveness - a core basis for democracy?; 4. Conclusion; Bibliography; Is the international environment becoming less benign for democratisation?; 1. Introduction: Why now?; 2. Assumptions; 3. Modernising the analytical framework; (i) The international dimensions of multi-directional regime change; (ii) Influences: active and passive, direct and indirect
    Description / Table of Contents: 4. Comparing international strategies for securing democracy's advance and maintaining or renewing authoritarian rule(i) Is socialisation any different?; 5. Weak and insignificant states are part of the international (dis)order too; 6. Concluding remarks; References; The United States of America - a Deficient Democracy; 1. Introduction: Terminology and Research Question; 2. Freedom, Equality and Control: Development and Standards for the Measurement of Democracy; 2.1 Fundamental Concepts; 2.2 Varying Concepts of Democracy: Participation, Competition and/or Control
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3 The "Democracy Matrix" as a Basis for Determining the Quality of a Democracy3. The Quality of American Democracy: Strengths and Weaknesses; 3.1 Decision-making Processes (Elections); 3.2 Institutional Intermediation; 3.3 Public Communication; 3.4 Effective Rule of Law; 3.5 Setting and Implementation of Laws; 4. Conclusion and Prospects for American Democracy; Literature; Deficits in Democratic Quality? The Effects of PartySystem Institutionalisation on the Quality of Democracy in Central Eastern E; 1. Introduction; 2. Do parties and party systems matter for democratic quality?
    Description / Table of Contents: 3. The party systems in CEE and their institutionalisation3.1 Inter-party competition; 3.2 Party roots in society; 3.3 Legitimacy of parties; 3.4 Party organization; 4. Instability of party systems and the implications for the quality of democracy; 5. Conclusion: Why the stability of party systems matters; Annex; Bibliography; Internet sources; Do Party Systems Make Democracy Work? A Comparative Test of Party-system Characteristics and Democratization in Francophone Afri; 1. Introduction1; 2. Theoretical Framework: A Functionalist Argument; 3. Comparative Design
    Description / Table of Contents: 4. Operationalization of Party-system Characteristics
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    ISBN: 9780191728365
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 840 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Oxford handbook of the history of political philosophy
    DDC: 320.01
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    Keywords: Political science Philosophy ; History ; Political science Philosophy ; History ; Political science ; Philosophy ; History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Politische Philosophie ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 50 contributors survey the history of political philosophy. They consider questions about how the subject should best be studied they examine historical periods and great theorists in their intellectual contexts; and they discuss aspects of the subject that transcend periods, such as the state, democracy, and imperialism.
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    Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
    ISBN: 9783642149740
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 318p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Senn, Myriam Non-state regulatory regimes
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    Keywords: Comparative law ; Public finance ; Political science ; Sociology ; Law ; Law ; Comparative law ; Public finance ; Political science ; Sociology ; Regulierung ; Selbstregulation ; Institutionenökonomie ; Regulierung ; Selbstregulation ; Institutionenökonomie
    Abstract: Non-State Regulatory Regimes explores how the concept of regulation continues to evolve. The focus is placed on those forms of regulation that are different from state regulation or present alternatives to state regulation. Departing from an analysis of the goals and policies of the traditional regulatory state, the emergence of 'regulation by other means' is examined. The approach is interdisciplinary encompassing various perspectives be they legal, political, international relations-based, economic, or sociological. The task of comprehending non-state regulation is a daunting one. To date, a number of essays already exist, which concentrate on specific aspects of the issue. In comparison to these essays, this study is innovative in that it applies a holistic view. Linking public policy approaches to regulation, it draws a theoretical path to understanding the emergence and persistence of non-state jurisdictional assertions and regulatory regimes.
    Description / Table of Contents: Non-State Regulatory Regimes; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Table of Legislation; Table of Cases; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: On Regulation; Chapter 2: An Approach to Autonomous Regulatory Regimes; Chapter 3: Case Studies; Chapter 4: Analysis; Chapter 5: Evaluation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;
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    ISBN: 9783531927879
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (379p. 5 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Fuchs, Manfred From legislators to the end-user
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science ; Europäische Union Bauproduktenrichtlinie ; Implementation ; Transformation ; Benutzer ; Europäische Union Bauproduktenrichtlinie ; Implementation ; Transformation ; Benutzer
    Abstract: Dr. Manfred Fuchs is working in the European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry) in the field of construction.
    Abstract: The Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC - CPD) should have facilitated putting construction products on any national market within the European Economic Area. Two decades later, its practical impact is still relatively weak. By going beyond the scope of most studies on the implementation of EU legislation at the level of the practical end-users (architects, civil engineers, construction companies), this study highlights the fact that the acceptance of this professional group not only plays a major role in the practical implementation of this directive, but could also change, strengthen or neutralise the intentions of policy makers and administrators at the EU and national level. The book is valuable reading for practical users of the CPD, researchers in political/administrative sciences and professionals working in international institutions and organizations.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The "insider's" view; 2 "Stayin' alive, stayin' alive" -Interaction, problem solving conceptsand "European" actors; 2.1 Organisations, institutions and individual actors; 2.2 Organising and stabilising interaction; 2.3 European and national actors; 2.4 "After the dust has settled …" - the implementationof EU legislation by national actors; 2.5 Knowledge, lack of knowledge, trust; 3 The practical implementation of the CPD; 3.1 Researching one's own backyard; 3.2 The EU level; 3.3 The assumptions of actors at EU level; 3.4 Conclusions at EU level
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.5 The national level3.6 The assumptions of actors at national level; 3.7 Conclusion at national level; 3.8 The "construction site" level; 3.9 The assumption of actors at the construction site level; 3.10 Conclusion construction site level; 4 Conclusion: Lessons to be learned?; 4.1 "I had a dream …"; 4.2 "Brussels" - setting the stage; 4.3 The information flow to (and from) national actors -setting the national level; 4.4 The "construction site" level -The quest for the "missing link"; 4.5 Good news and bad news for Eurosceptics …; 4.6 … and Europhiles
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.7 Research on European Directives -"Gaps" and future fields of research?4.8 "Here is my brilliant plan! You work out the details!"; 5 Bibliography;
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    ISBN: 9783642164552
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 141p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. International law and humanitarian assistance
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    Keywords: Comparative law ; Public law ; Political science ; Law ; Law ; Comparative law ; Public law ; Political science ; Comparative law ; Law ; Political science ; Public law ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Humanitäre Hilfe ; Humanitäres Völkerrecht
    Abstract: It is becoming increasingly apparent that there are major gaps in International Humanitarian Law and Public International Law in the area of humanitarian assistance. In response international organizations such as the UN and the EU are developing their own legal frameworks for humanitarian assistance and the body of customary law and so-called international disaster response law is growing steadily. This however shows that a coherent body of law is far from being a given. The legal reality of international law pertaining to emergency response is rather broadly spread over various international legal fields and related documents, covering situations of armed conflict and natural disasters. This book is one of the first attempts of linking different legal areas in the growing field of what could be called the international law of humanitarian assistance.
    Description / Table of Contents: International Law and Humanitarian Assistance; A Crosscut Through Legal Issues Pertaining to Humanitarianism; Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; 1 General Overview; 2 Detailed Chapter Overview; 2.1 Spieker: The Right to Give and Receive Humanitarian Assistance; 2.2 Mackintosh: Beyond the Red Cross: The Protection of Independent Humanitarian Organizations and Their Staff in International Humanitarian Law; 2.3 Zwitter: United Nations´ Legal Framework of Humanitarian Assistance
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4 Broberg: Legal Basis of EU Council Regulation 1257/96 Concerning Humanitarian Aid: Time for Revision?2.5 Maus: Human Rights in UN Peace-Keeping Missions: A Framework for Humanitarian Obligations?; 2.6 Heintze: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; 2.7 Patnaik: Protection of Individuals in the Event of Disasters: Quest for an International Legal Framework; The Right to Give and Receive Humanitarian Assistance; 1 Terminology and Evolution of Concept; 2 The Legal Regime for Humanitarian Assistance in International Armed Conflicts
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.1 Humanitarian Assistance Within Occupied Territory2.1.1 Protection of the Operation; Obligations and Rights of the Occupying Power; Obligations and Rights of Other States; Actors in Humanitarian Assistance; The Civilian Population Within Occupied Territory; 2.1.2 Protection of Personnel; 2.2 Humanitarian Assistance in Other than Occupied Territory; 2.2.1 The Parties to the Conflict and Other States Concerned; Legal Obligation to Offer and Provide Assistance; Legal Obligation to Accept Offers of Assistance; 2.2.2 Right of the Civilian Population to Receive Assistance
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 The Legal Regime in Non-international Armed Conflicts3.1 Rights According to Common Article 3 Geneva Conventions; 3.2 Rights and Obligations Deriving from Additional Protocol II; 3.3 Customary Law; 4 A ``Right to Access´´?; 5 The Legal Regime for Humanitarian Assistance in Non-conflict Situations; 5.1 International Instruments; 5.1.1 The Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Disaster Relief; 5.1.2 UN GA Resolution 46/182; 5.1.3 International Treaties; 5.2 The IDRL Guidelines; 5.2.1 Responsibilities of Actors; 5.2.2 Initiation and Termination of an Operation
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.2.3 Granting of Legal Facilities6 Evaluation of Rights and Obligations in Humanitarian Action; References; Documents; Beyond the Red Cross: The Protection of Independent Humanitarian Organizations and Their Staff in International Humanitarian Law; 1 Introduction; 2 The Red Cross; 3 Status and Protection of Independent Humanitarian Organisations; 3.1 Status; 3.2 Protection; 4 Improving Protection; 5 Conclusion; References; United Nations´ Legal Framework of Humanitarian Assistance; 1 History of UN´s Humanitarian Actors; 1.1 The Early Days of UN Humanitarian Assistance
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.2 The Cold War Days of UN Humanitarian Assistance
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    ISBN: 9783642176623
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXII, 271p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.. Egede, Edwin Africa and the deep seabed regime
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    Keywords: Geographical information systems ; Comparative law ; Public law ; Marine Sciences ; Humanities ; Political science ; Law ; Law ; Geographical information systems ; Comparative law ; Public law ; Marine Sciences ; Humanities ; Political science ; Afrika ; Meeresbergbau ; Meeresboden ; Gemeinsames Erbe der Menschheit ; Seevölkerrecht ; Afrika ; Meeresbergbau ; Meeresboden ; Gemeinsames Erbe der Menschheit ; Seevölkerrecht
    Abstract: This book seeks to fill a gap in the existing literature by examining the role of African States in the development and establishment of the regime of the deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction (the Area) and the concept of the Common Heritage of Mankind.
    Abstract: This book bridges an essential gap in the existing literature by examining the role of the African States in the development and establishment of the regime for the deep seabed beyond national jurisdictions and in keeping with the concept of the common heritage of mankind. It explores the African States contributions to the creation and evolution of the international legal norms related to the regime and places these contributions in the context of vital historical, social, political and economic factors influencing their attitudes toward international law. In addition, the book points to connections between international legal norms developed with regard to the regime and developmental / geopolitical issues. For the African States the regime was not just about the construction of legal rules, but also provided an avenue to attempt to resolve outstanding north/south issues related to economic and social development. In addition, the book considers the possible hindrances to the effective involvement of the African States in this regime, including participation in seabed mining activities, and possible cooperative strategies that they might embark on to overcome such hindrances.
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    ISBN: 9783531932019
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (191p. 1 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Politics and emotions
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Politische Kommunikation ; Emotionales Verhalten ; Politische Psychologie ; Obama, Barack 1961- ; Wahlkampf ; Politische Kommunikation ; Emotionales Verhalten
    Abstract: Marcos Engelken-Jorge is postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the Basque Country. Pedro Ibarra Güell is a former professor of political science at the University of the Basque Country and member of the research group Parte Hartuz. Carmelo Moreno del Río is associate professor of political science at the University of the Basque Country.
    Abstract: Mainstream liberal narratives have often depicted politics as a matter of power and competing interests, disregarding emotions or conceiving them as threats to a rational and well-ordered society. In the last decades, however, this viewpoint has been increasingly challenged by a number of scholars researching on the complex and multidimensional role of emotions in politics. This edited collection aims at providing a concise but comprehensive introduction to this area of research. The essays contained in this volume focus on a single case, the Obama phenomenon, illustrating empirically how the variable 'emotions' can enrich political analysis. Taken together, the essays reflect the plurality of approaches available to the study of politics and emotions and thus contribute to the cutting-edge debates on this fascinating topic.
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    ISBN: 9783531928982
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (292p. 21 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Local direct democracy in Europe
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Direkte Demokratie
    Abstract: Theo Schiller
    Abstract: Modern direct democracy has recently become an important element of political life in many countries. These developments can be observed at the national, regional, and local level of political systems. Participation and democracy in local political affairs play a major role in stabilising and developing democratic systems. This volume presents, for the first time, a broad basis of information on the wide variety of local institutions and practice of direct democracy in 19 countries. Country specialists analyse - the role of direct democracy in the institutional context and culture of national political systems, - political processes of introduction and development of initiatives an d referendums, - regulations of procedures of municipal direct democracy, - practice of local direct democracy, - the contribution of local direct democracy to democratic development in general.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Preface; Local Direct Democracy in Europe - a comparative overview; 1 General considerations and structure of the book; 2 Basic developments and contexts of democracy; 3 Forms of local direct democracy; 4 Practice; 5 Conclusions - political impact and quality of local direct democracy; References; Appendix; I. Emerging Patterns; The uneasy balance between participation and represent Republic1ation: local direct democracy in the Czech Republic1; Local direct democracy in Germany - varieties in a federal state
    Description / Table of Contents: The institutionalisation of the referendum in the Italian political system: from the national to regional and local levelsDirect democracy in local politics in Norway1; Twenty years of Polish direct democracy at the local level; Second-order direct democracy in Switzerland: How sub-national experiences differ from national ballots; Direct Democracy at the local level: a comparison of eight municipalities from four countries around Lake Constance (Austria, Ge; II. Small Beginnings; Direct democracy in Britain: citizens' empowerment or political cosmetics?
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards a law on local direct democracy in BulgariaDenmark - fragments of local direct democracy; Local popular votes in Finland - procedures and experiences; Local referendums in France: a disappointing experience; Slovakia - restricted direct democracy in local politics; Direct democracy in Slovenia - poor practice at the local level; Sweden: Better late than never. Towards a stronger initiative right in local politics; Democratic participation at the local level in post-communist states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; List of Authors;
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    ISBN: 9789400715066
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    Keywords: Law History ; Law Philosophy ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy of law ; Political science ; Regional planning
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    ISBN: 9783531931951
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    Keywords: Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Konferenzschrift 2007
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    ISBN: 9783531927978
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.: An imperative to adjust?
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    Keywords: Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Deutschland ; Großbritannien ; Bildungssystem ; Bildungsreform
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    ISBN: 9781526151612
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 276 Seiten)
    Edition: 1st published
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als History, historians and development policy
    DDC: 320.6
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    Keywords: Geschichtswissenschaft ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Gesundheitswesen ; Bildungswesen ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Policy sciences ; Social sciences and history ; Political science Decision making ; Historians ; Economic development ; Public health ; Natural resources Management ; History ; Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries ; Policy sciences ; Social sciences and history ; Political science ; Decision making ; History ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Entwicklungspolitik
    Abstract: Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues
    Abstract: "If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. Where did the policy ideas underpinning these sectors come from? How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within them? Answering these questions requires incorporating historical sensibilities into development policy deliberations in ways that take seriously the importance of context, process, and contestation. Achieving this is not merely a matter of seeking to "know more" about specific times, places and issues, but recognizing the distinctive ways in which historians rigorously assemble, analyze and interpret diverse forms of evidence. Doing so gives rise to policy conclusions rather different to those emerging from prevailing analytical approaches. This book will appeal to students and scholars in Development Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Geography as well as policy makers and those working for or studying NGO's." Publisher's website
    Abstract: Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues
    Abstract: "If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. Where did the policy ideas underpinning these sectors come from? How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within them? Answering these questions requires incorporating historical sensibilities into development policy deliberations in ways that take seriously the importance of context, process, and contestation. Achieving this is not merely a matter of seeking to "know more" about specific times, places and issues, but recognizing the distinctive ways in which historians rigorously assemble, analyze and interpret diverse forms of evidence. Doing so gives rise to policy conclusions rather different to those emerging from prevailing analytical approaches. This book will appeal to students and scholars in Development Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Geography as well as policy makers and those working for or studying NGO's." Publisher's website
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of key issues. How and why history matters for development policy / Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra RaoIndigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa / C.A. Bayly -- Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse / Uma Kothari -- Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law / Richard Smith -- Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges / R. Bing Wong -- Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? / Ravi Kanbur -- Public Health. Health in India since Independence / Sunil S. Amrith -- Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? / David Hall-Mathews -- Public education. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century / David Vincent -- The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history / Tim Harper -- Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education / Lant Pritchett -- Natural resource management. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 / Paul Warde -- Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources / Keith Breckenridge -- Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter? / Mick Moore.
    Note: Enthält 10 Beiträge , Overview of key issues. How and why history matters for development policy , Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa , Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse , Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law , Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges , Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? , Public Health. Health in India since Independence , Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century , Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? , Public education. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century , The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history , Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education , Natural resource management. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 , Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources , Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter?
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